Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Ille-et-Vilaine

Moulin à eau
35430 Saint-Père-Marc-en-Poulet

The Beauchet mill, a tidal mill from the 4th quarter of the 19th century, is located in Saint-Père-Marc-en-Poulet in Ille-et-Vilaine, on the estuary of the Rance. Reconstructed in 1882, it was a mill until 1981.

Patrimoine défensif
35400 Saint-Malo

Fort du Petit Bé, built in the 17th century on an island near Saint-Malo, is a military work designed by Vauban to protect the city from British or Dutch maritime attacks.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
35500 Vitré

The castle of Vitré, imposing castle of the 11th–15th centuries, dominates the valley of Vilaine in Vitré (Ille-et-Vilaine). Symbol of seigneurial power, it combines medieval military architecture and Renaissance residences in Brittany.

Manoir
35400 Saint-Malo

The Manor House of Limoëlou, dating from the 2nd quarter of the 16th century in Saint-Malo, is a manor house dedicated to Jacques Cartier, explorer of Canada. It has been a historical monument since 1940 and illustrates Breton Renaissance architecture.

Eglise gothique
35130 La Guerche-de-Bretagne

The Notre-Dame-de-l'Assumption Basilica of La Guerche-de-Bretagne, a Gothic building from the 13th to the 16th centuries in Brittany, combines medieval architecture and 19th-century restorations in a historical Marian pilgrimage site.

Moulin à vent
35120 Mont-Dol

The Moulin du Tertre, built in 1843 in Mont-Dol, Brittany, is a windmill in granite, still functional, classified as a historical monument since 1977.

Porte-de-ville
35300 Fougères

The Porte Notre-Dame, built in the 13th and 15th centuries in Fougères, Brittany, is the only vestige of the city's urban walls. This defensive monument, classified in 1862, links historical districts and combines military and religious architecture.

Château fort
35270 Combourg

The castle of Combourg, a medieval fortress of the 11th to 11th centuries located in Combourg in Ille-et-Vilaine, is famous for its link with François-René de Chateaubriand and its feudal architecture transformed in the 19th century.