The Sculptured Rocks constitute one of the most famous works of art in the region, and Abbé Adolphe-Julien Fouré is the man behind this astonishing carved cliff in Saint-Malo; After suffering a stroke at the age of 55 that left him deaf and dumb, he left his position as a priest and returned to Rothenov and began making these sculptures; The locals called him the Hermit, as he spent from about 1894 to 1910 alone creating these masterpieces.