6 Sights in Vannes, France (with Map and Images)

The ramparts of Vannes are the fortifications erected between the third and seventeenth centuries to protect the city of Vannes in the department of Morbihan in France. Founded by the Romans at the end of the 1st century BC. During the reign of Augustus, the civitas Venetorum was forced to protect itself behind a castrum at the end of the third century, even as a major crisis shook the Roman Empire. This first enclosure remained the only protection of the city for more than a millennium. It was during the time of Duke John IV, at the end of the 14th century, that the city wall was rebuilt and extended to the south to protect the new districts. The duke wanted to make Vannes not only a place of residence but also a stronghold on which he could rely in the event of conflict. The surface area of the city within the city walls was doubled and the duke added his fortress of Ermine to the new wall.

Wikipedia: Remparts de Vannes (FR)

The Vannes Town Hall is a public building housing part of the municipal services of the French commune of Vannes in Morbihan. The town hall, located on Place Maurice Marchais, was built between 1880 and 1886. The other part of the municipality's municipal services is located in the municipal administrative centre located on rue Joseph Le Brix. The town hall has been listed as a historical monument since 2 December 1992.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de ville de Vannes (FR), Website

The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Vannes, also known as the Musée de la Cohue, was created in 1982 and is one of the museums of the city of Vannes, in the Brittany region. The building has been listed as a historical monument since 1929 and the museum is labeled "Musée de France".

Wikipedia: Musée de la Cohue (FR)

Vannes and His Wife is a polychrome stone sign depicting the busts of a couple and probably dating from the sixteenth century. Integrated into the façade of a half-timbered house in the inner city of Vannes, it is a famous emblem of the city.

Wikipedia: Vannes et sa femme (FR)

The Hôtel de Limur, also known as the Hôtel des Douves, is a private mansion located in Vannes, in the Morbihan department. Since May 2022, the building has been home to the city's Architecture and Heritage Interpretation Centre.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Limur (FR)

The Saint-Yves chapel is a Catholic religious building located in the heart of the city of Vannes in Morbihan (France). It was built in the 17th century as a church of the Jesuit college which was immediately neighboring.

Wikipedia: Chapelle Saint-Yves (Vannes) (FR)