page_title: Auray
section_title: Sights
hierarchical_section_title: Auray / Sights
caption_attribution_description: English: en:Auray bridge. August 2002, by William M. Connolley.
context_page_description: Auray is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in northwestern France.
  Inhabitants of Auray are called Alréens.
context_section_description: The port of Saint-Goustan.
  The church of St Gildas. Built in 1636 and classified as a historic monument, it contains an altar-piece from Laval and a 19th-century organ.
  The Chapel of the Holy Spirit. Built in the thirteenth century, it is the last remnant of the headquarters of the Montpellier Ordre du Saint-Esprit. In the fourteenth century, this Maison Magistrale Conventuelle et Hospitalière du Saint-Esprit à Auray, referred to in 1289 by Jean Monette, would become one of the major houses in France and, under his authority, one of some fifty foundations. In 1762, Pope Clement XIII abolished the Ordre du Saint-Esprit. Auray installed the headquarters of a general hospital on the site and later, in 1790, a military hospital. In the early 19th century, what remains of the buildings was converted into a barracks. Restoration work took place from 1990-1994 which returned the chapel to its earlier form and it has taken the name of Caserne Dugesclin. The restoration has allowed the building to regain its original form: a unique space of five spans and a shape uncommon to Brittany. The building was classed as a historical monument on 4 November 1982.
  The Town Hall, built in the 18th century has been a historical monument since 1963.
  The church of Saint-Sauveur. Built in the 19th century (its door dates to the fifteenth century), it contains a model battleship armory dating from 1865.
  The Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes (1862–1878).
  The Saint-Goustan bridge. The first mention of a stone bridge linking the lower town to the upper is from the thirteenth century. In 1464, after its rebuilding, it was renamed Pont Neuf. Its final form dates to 1752 and its last restoration was in 1983. A toll-house building is on the right-hand-side.
  The Chazelles fountain. Located on the Martin dock, it dates from 1821 and was used to supply water to people and passing boats.
  The Auray monastery, north of the Auray railway station, is in Brech.
caption: The Pont-Neuf bridge
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