 Outside, in front of the central pillar of the large gate, stands a statue of the Dominican friar St. Vincent Ferrer, from Valencia.His activities in the 15th century greatly influenced Christianity in Vannes.The northern façade opens onto the garden of the cloister (ruins from the 16th century) and the "Rue des chanoines" ("Street of the Canons") through the beautiful portal at the top of the north transept, built in a Flamboyant late Gothic style (1514), and decorated with twelve niches designed to house statues of the twelve apostles.