Fontaine de Kerbader & l’affaire Nédellec

At the end of the path is the Kerbader fountain. Its water is said to give strength to children who are slow to walk. Every year, during the pardon, there is a procession to the fountain.

It was here in Kerbader that the Fouesnant rebellion took place at the start of the French Revolution. This revolt marked the start of the fighting in Brittany. Alain Nédellec, a resident of Fouesnant, was elected Justice of the Peace in 1790. He refused to take up his duties until the patent had been signed by the king, a common practice at the time. Two years later, he had still not agreed to take up his duties. He and his supporters decided to meet at Kerbader to prepare for the revolution.
On 10 July 1792, fighting broke out in the town of Fouesnant. After the battle, the army counted one dead and around thirty wounded. Legend has it that Alain Nédellec fired a bullet into the guard's head. For Nédellec and his men, however, the toll was higher: 85 wounded, 5 dead and 23 prisoners, including Nédellec. He finally managed to escape and returned to Fouesnant five months later. A trap was set for him, he was arrested and after weeks of interrogation, he was sentenced to death. On 23 March 1793, he was guillotined in Quimper, the only person in Brittany to be guillotined during the French Revolution.