Construction of terminals XVIIIe siècle (≈ 1850)
Built under the Duke of Aiguillon.
24 ou 27 avril 1936
Registration for Historic Monuments
Registration for Historic Monuments 24 ou 27 avril 1936 (≈ 1936)
Official protection of the three pillars.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
Borne de chovée : inscription by order of 27 April 1936
Key figures
Duc d'Aiguillon - Governor of Brittany
Sponsor of the terminals in the 18th.
Origin and history
Lannion's chores are 18th-century granite monuments erected under the authority of the Duke of Aiguillon. They were placed at the start of the main roads to indicate the division of tasks of maintaining the royal roads between the parishes and the city. Their rectangular shape, with bevelled angles, bears inscriptions specifying the distances (in toises) attributed to each community, such as "Tache de Plouber" or "Task de Servel".
These boundaries recall the system of chores, an obligation of unpaid work imposed on local populations for the maintenance of communication channels. In Lannion, three of these terminals remain, including Rue du Faubourg-de-Buzulzo or Rue de Tréguier, and were protected in 1936 for their historical value.
The inscription in the title of historical monuments, by order of 24 or 27 April 1936 (the sources diverge), underlines their importance as material testimonies of the administrative and social practices of the Ancien Régime. Their presence also illustrates the central role of the royal roads in the territorial organization of Brittany in the eighteenth century, under the influence of figures such as the Duke of Aiguillon, then governor of the province.
