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The Manor of the Mail, originally named Hotel du Plessis, was built in 1648 by François Menand, king's adviser and secretary. Located on Rue du Plessis and Quai Duguay-Trouin, in the Port District of Redon, it symbolizes the economic development of the city in the seventeenth century, marked by the trade of grains, woods and canvases. This neighborhood, with its granite docks, housed the homes of traders, shipowners and magistrates enriched by this prosperity.

Formerly, the hotel replaced two smaller houses, one of which owed an annuity to the Abbey. François Menand, anointed by his royal office, died there in 1723. The mansion then passed to the Chéreil de la Rivière families (1755), then to the Menand du Brossay and the Fourché de Quéhillac, like Paul Armand Fourché, councillor in the parliament of Brittany, who died in the hotel in 1777.

In the 19th century, industrial Garnier installed a factory of agricultural machinery. After the closure, Redon acquired the mansion in 1988 and restored it. Since 1987, its facades and roofs have been classified as historical monuments, preserving this heritage linked to the golden age of the port.

The mansion also illustrates Redon's social changes: first residence of the local aristocracy (Menand, Fourché), it became an industrial site before returning to a heritage vocation. Its architecture and history reflect the economic and political dynamics of Brittany during the 17th and 18th centuries.

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