Experts' Choice Award Cathedrale Saint Pierre
What the experts agree on
Rennes' cathedral impresses with its blend of Gothic and Renaissance architecture, including a stunning Flamboyant portal and notable medieval artworks, though its neoclassical interior feels somewhat dark and austere.
“A panoply of medieval art, St-Pierre boasts a 1537 Renaissance chapel, a Flamboyant Gothic transept portal, and a treasury.”
– Fodor's
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"On the eastern side of place St-Pierre looms the 13th-century Gothic Cathédrale St-Pierre...inside, look for paintings of St Vincent Ferrier, a preacher and saint who died in Vannes is 1419." Full review
Lonely Planet "Crowning Rennes' old town is the 17th-century cathedral, which has an impressive, if dark, neoclassical interior." Full review
