Construction period XVIIe - XVIIIe siècles (≈ 1850)
Construction of building in Saint-Malo.
9 mai 2023
Historical Monument
Historical Monument 9 mai 2023 (≈ 2023)
Registration by ministerial decree.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The building situated 11 rue Chateaubriand, in full, appearing in the cadastre section AC parcels n°66 and 67, following the plan annexed to the order: inscription by order of 9 May 2023
Origin and history
The building at 11 Chateaubriand Street, in Saint-Malo, is a historic monument built over the 17th and 18th centuries. This building illustrates the civil architecture of this period in a major port city of Brittany, marked by its commercial and maritime dynamism. Its listing in the inventory of Historic Monuments by order of 9 May 2023 attests to its heritage value, protecting the entire structure, including the cadastral plots AC Nos.66 and 67.
Saint-Malo, a fortified city and a port of strategic importance, experienced during the 17th and 18th centuries an economic boom linked to maritime trade, especially with the colonies. The buildings of that time, like Chateaubriand Street, often reflect the prosperity of local shipowners and merchants. Their preservation allows us to understand the urban and social evolution of the private city, between port activities, military defense and bourgeois life.
The location of the building, specified by Insee code 35288 and attached to the department of Ille-et-Vilaine, confirms its anchoring in the historic center of Saint-Malo. Although the sources do not detail its original use, its recent ranking underscores the contemporary interest in safeguarding built heritage, in an area where architecture of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is a key testimony to Breton history.
