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Brittany, Finistère. Saint-Pol-de-Léon

Saint-Pol-de-Léon is noted for its 13th-century cathedral on the site of the original founded by Saint Paul Aurelian in the 6th century. It has kept a unique architecture, such as Notre-Dame du Kreisker Chapel, an 80 m high chapel, which is the highest in Brittany. It was also the scene of a battle during the Breton War of Succession, where the Montfortists and their English allies defeated the French army led by Charles of Blois.

 

It is the largest vegetable producer and farmers' market in Brittany responsible for 90% of French artichoke production and exports tens of thousands tons of vegetables to the whole of Europe every year.

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Uploaded on October 28, 2021