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Sélection de 8 most beautiful monuments sur 39 en Ille-et-Vilaine

Our Lady of Fougères door
City gate
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.
Mordelais door of Rennes
City gate
35000 Rennes

The Mordelaise Gate is a 15th century fortified castle in Rennes, a vestige of the medieval ramparts of Brittany. It served as the main entrance to the city, with drawbridges and machicolis, and symbolized the ducal power.
Lighthouse of the Grand Jardin
Headlights classified as MH
35400 Saint-Malo

The Grand Jardin lighthouse, built in the 2nd quarter of the 20th century in Saint-Malo, Brittany, is a marine lighthouse rebuilt after 1944, classified as a historical monument since 2012 and emblematic of the Malouin coastal mark.
Menhir from Champ-Dolent to Dol-de-Bretagne
Menhirs
35120 Dol-de-Bretagne

The Menhir de Champ-Dolent, built in Neolithic near Dol-de-Bretagne (British), is a 9.30 m granite monolith, classified as a historical monument since 1889. An iconic megalithic symbol, it dominates local marshes.
Manoir de Limoëlou (house of Jacques Cartier)
Manor
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.
Roche-aux-Fées d'Essé
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.
Hotel de la Moussaye in Rennes
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.
National Fort
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.