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Origin and history

The chores of Saint-Nicolas Street in Lannion are historic granite monuments dating from the 18th century. They were erected under the authority of the Duke of Aiguillon to mark the obligations of maintaining the royal roads. These posts, rectangular in shape with bevelled angles, indicated the division of tasks among the cities concerned, as evidenced by the inscription: "Tache de Ploubezre 1760 toises ; Banli de Lannion; For Guingamp: 76 (?) toises".

These works recall the work system, an obligation imposed on local communities to maintain roads. Lannion's pillar, classified by decree in 1936, illustrates this by its precise inscriptions, reflecting the distances assigned to each parish or city. Today owned by the municipality, it remains a tangible vestige of the old regime's road organisation in Brittany.

The location of this terminal, at the intersection of Saint-Nicolas streets and the Bienfaisance, underlines its initial role: delimiting the responsibilities between Lannion, Ploubezre and Guingamp. Its sober and functional style, typical of 18th century road developments, contrasts with the more decorated monuments of the same period. The reference to "tises" (former unit of measurement) recalls pre-metric engineering methods.

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