Visitors choosing Réminiac for cultural discoveries will find two distinct highlights: contemporary sculpture and older architectural and material history. Réminiac is home to an ensemble of 29 monumental works of contemporary art. Alongside these are the parish church of Saint-Rémy, the Manoir de Surlande and the Moulin de la Minière windmill, each a historic landmark in its own right. If you want to plan your stay around your cultural interests, you can distinguish between artworks, architecture and sacred objects with their own histories.
Sculptures and Contemporary Art
One specific landmark on the Réminiac sculpture trail is “Les Lumelles,” created by Melen Gibout. The wooden replica of “Les Lumelles” was made in 2008 during the Rémini’arts festival. The ensemble and the story of this individual work offer different perspectives: the 29 monumental works represent the larger collection of contemporary art, while “Les Lumelles,” with its attribution to an artist and its replica, tells the story of a specific work. A municipal bulletin from late 2024 also reports that a Parcours du cœur was set up on the sculpture trail. If you plan to take this particular route, check its current course before your visit.
Sculptures in Different Locations
The “Vénus de Réminiac” stands beside a pond near the entrance to the village of Tréblanc. In Cladeuc, the chestnut sculpture “Mère et l'enfant” is located on the bank of the pond near the Pâtis de Perdrillan. Near the Étang de Réminiac, original works made of wood and various other materials bring the sculpture trail to a close. The locations and materials offer different perspectives: Tréblanc and Cladeuc are associated with individual named sculptures, while several originals made from different materials mark the end of the trail near the Étang. If you are choosing works by location or material, the difference between an individual subject and a group of varied works is a useful guide.
Church and Historic Buildings
The parish church of Saint-Rémy was built in 1883. The reliquary cross in the church dates from 1834–1835. Chalice 1 is attributed to Benjamin Le Clerc or Leclerc, a goldsmith in Vannes; his maker’s mark was registered in 1723. These objects therefore have different dates: the year the church was built, the period when the cross was made and the year the maker’s mark was registered. The span from the mark’s registration in 1723 to the church’s construction in 1883 covers a long period, but these dates refer to different objects and events.
The Manoir de Surlande in Réminiac dates mainly from the first half of the 19th century. The Moulin de la Minière windmill is tentatively believed to date from the 18th century. Compared with the tentative dating of the mill, the main construction period of the manor is more narrowly tied to a half-century in the 19th century. If you would rather focus on architecture than sacred objects, the manor and the mill are historic landmarks in their own right; the church, cross and chalice offer a different cultural perspective.
Discover more destinations: Melrand, Quéven, Port-Louis, Penvins, Saint-Caradec-Trégomel, Lanouée, Locmaria, Brignac.
For the broader travel overview: Morbihan.
