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

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.

Eglise de style classique
35000 Rennes

Saint-Pierre de Rennes Cathedral, a neo-classical building dating from the 16th to the 16th century, dominates the centre of Brittany. Seat of the archdiocese, it combines baroque granite facade and sumptuous interior, marked by frescoes and a 16th century Flemish altarpiece.

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.

Malouinière
35350 Saint-Coulomb

The Malouinière de la Ville Ring, built in the 17th to 19th centuries in Saint-Coulomb (Bretagne), is a historic residence typical of the Malouin shipowners, surrounded by a classified park and a semi-enclosed chapel.

Roches
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.

Eglise néo-gothique
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.

Château de style Renaissance
35560 Val-Couesnon

The castle of Bonne-Fontaine, built in the 16th century in Antrain (Ille-et-Vilaine), is a Renaissance monument combining architectural elegance and Breton history, surrounded by a romantic park designed by Bühler and André.

Vieux pont
35740 Pacé

The old bridge over the Flume de Pacé is a medieval three arched bridge located in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, dating from the 13th or 14th century and redesigned in the Modern Times.