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

Rocks
35150 Essé

La Roche-aux-Fées is a neolithic covered driveway located in Essé, Brittany, classified as a historical monument since 1840. Composed of 42 massive stones, this angelvin-style corridor dolmen bears witness to an exceptional megalithic architecture.

Private hotel classified
35000 Rennes

The hotel de la Moussaye, a 17th-century mansion in Rennes, combines a wood-paned facade with an interior courtyard, a witness to the architecture of Lavallois in Brittany.

Defensive heritage
35400 Saint-Malo

Fort National, a 17th-century bastion in Saint-Malo, Brittany, is a military work designed by Vauban to defend the private city. Accessible at low tide, it embodies Louis XIV's defensive architecture.

Defensive heritage
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.

Defensive heritage
35400 Saint-Malo

Fort de la Conchée, built by Vauban at the end of the 17th century on a rocky island near Saint-Malo, is a strategic military work designed to protect the city from British maritime attacks. This jewel of Breton defensive architecture, classified as a historical monument, illustrates the military genius of the time.

Defensive heritage
35800 Dinard

Harbour Island is a 17th-century fortified island located in Dinard, Brittany, home to a fort classified as a historic monument, a former element of the defensive system of Saint-Malo.

Neo-Gothic Church
35300 Fougères

The church Saint-Léonard de Fougères, a religious building of the 12th, 15th and 16th centuries, is a flamboyant Gothic jewel located in Brittany, in the upper town of Fougères, marked by major transformations in the 19th century.

Revival Gothic style castle
35450 Val-d'Izé

The château du Bois-Cornillé, built in the 15th century in Val-d'Izé, Brittany, is a historic monument renovated in the Gothic style, surrounded by an English park and an 18th century chapel.