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Kermadec Manor House is located on a site occupied since Gallo-Roman times. In the Middle Ages, he belonged to Gérard Saladin, whose son, Olivier, became rector of the University of Paris and then bishop of Nantes in the 14th century. The estate then passed to the Huon de Kermadec family, which erected the current building at the beginning of the 16th century under the impulse of Pierre Huon de Kermadec.

Designed according to the architectural traditions of the Manoirs du Léon, the manor consists of a body of houses in a square opening onto a courtyard once closed. It was restored to eliminate parasitic agricultural structures that altered its appearance, thus revealing its original internal provisions. The whole, including the northern parcel, has been protected by an inscription in Historic Monuments since 1992.

This manor perfectly illustrates the Breton seigneurial architecture of the Renaissance, with its attenuated defensive elements and its characteristic spatial organization. Its state of conservation makes it a precious testimony of the manorial life in Leo in the sixteenth century.

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