 As he was a prominent skeptic, author of the "pagan" "Prayer on the Acropolis", the 1903 unveiling of Renan's statue, which also included a depiction of the goddess Athena, led to widespread protests from the Catholic Church.The town also houses the Renan birthplace museum.A notable war memorial, the "Pleureuse de Tréguier", was designed by Francis Renaud.