Saint-Laurent-sur-Oust

• Parish Church of St. Lawrence (sixteenth century): Built in the 16th century, rebuilt several times, the church is built of schist repointed with lime. It has the shape of a Latin cross without aisles, the south arm is more recent. The octagonal bell tower is topped by a sharp arrow slated. Two bays are equipped with stained glass windows by the master glassmaker Nantes F. Razin (1945). The glass master is the martyrdom of St Lawrence on an iron grill, heated by hot coals. The cemetery, partly encircling the monument was moved in 1943 to clear a space around the building.
• Cross Cemetery (1887): The cross is placed on a pedestal of masonry Pali shale and stone red conglomerate, rebuilt in 1887. The round was decked out in his top three moldings, the fact dominate the "fields of the dead." The granite cross, old, is tarnished but reveals its cutting close to the design of the Maltese cross, called Templar. It is unclear whether it is related to one of the outbuildings of the commander of this order Carentoir, not far away.
• House (1624) in the town center (next to the church): The corner of the house door, engraved, the date of its construction. She is paired shale structural work but uses the granite lintels, jambs and skylights. Its decorated with denticles skylights symbolically affirm the nobility of the contractor. The jambs of openings are made of large uneven stones, partially cut, while a relative symmetry in them is scarce in rural areas during this period. Each of the two levels of housing included only one large room. This building is adjacent to a farmhouse which became a tourist accommodation center, belonging to the Community of Municipalities of Val d'Oust and Lanvaux.
• Fountain St Laurent (1924): rebuilt, it takes older items, such as the curb. The niche houses a terracotta statue of St Lawrence, who holds in his hands a grill and palm symbol of his martyrdom. He is invoked against fire and burns.
• Château Beaumont (thirteenth century): Its history is linked to that of Malestroit seat of a powerful stronghold to which it belongs. In 1294 Payen III, knight, lord of Malestroit the Argoet and Beaumont provides the Duke of Brittany five Knights Ost. The building is located at the southern entrance of the town, on a hill where it overlooks the valley of the River Oust, affirming its supervisory role. Restored 1900, and between 1966 and 1968, the current building retains some elements of the old building, although it underwent many transformations. On the large fireplace in the lounge is inscribed the motto of the house in Doue avenzo ty "God with us in the house."
• Lock Beaumont (late 16th century): This is the first lock chamber of France, to facilitate navigation between Redon and Malestroit.
• The Neolithic site of Beaumont: Located on a rugged, overlooking the valley of the River Oust, the natural protection it offers, sought by prehistoric man, said he was occupied from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages. It is an almost complete a grave side-entry plan with a rich furniture Neolithic and a set of charred human bones, rare in the region, which will be revealed. Excavations around the monument reveal a use other than funeral, wider. A Neolithic habitat is found, and a second occupation of the end of the second Iron Age partially overlaps the first. The menhir located 30 m from the tomb reveals its upper end figures oval or round, perhaps closer to the circular patterns adorning the idols of monuments Locmariaquer.
• The Courtil the Fairies: evil place surrounded by a moat, the building of which the origin is unknown, according to popular tradition, the haunt of fairies who haunt the region. Continuing towards the valley of the Oust, you can admire the view and understand the importance of such a site for monitoring the valley.

Festival Cabaret at Home in March / April.

• The territory of the Community of Municipalities of the Val d'Oust Lanvaux and has a rich architectural heritage, natural and culinary craft a wide variety:

• Architectural heritage: villas and castles.
• Heritage of Memory: The museums, the territory is rich CCVOL many museums and cultural sites of interest related to memory as the Museum of the Resistance of Saint Marcel or the museum of old trades Lizio to go ... discoveries of the times not so far away ...
• Natural Heritage: The bog Kerfontaine to Sérent.

• Several tours are available on the Community of Municipalities:

• For history buffs, tours of heritage interpretation and Lizio Malestroit.
• For bikers, the discovery of Caro circuit or routes around the green way!
• Nature lovers can feast on several hiking loops between the channel and the greenway such as between the towns of Roc-Saint-André, the chapel Caro, and Sérent Malestroit.

• The mills of the corner ... or corner of the mills? Morbihan with nearly 60 mills in operation is the most dynamic French department in Moulins. Most of the park consists of water mill, became more profitable than windmills, heavily taxed when the revolution. The area lends itself well with its many rivers, but the overall level is much lower than it was and the conversion of many of these mills has become reality.