Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Saint-Malo, France
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5.5 km
88 m
Explore Saint-Malo in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in Saint-MaloSight 1: Hôtel d'Asfeld
The Hôtel d'Asfeld is a private mansion located in Saint-Malo in France built in the seventeenth century. It is the last shipowner's hotel in Saint-Malo not to have been destroyed during the Second World War.
Sight 2: Cathédrale Saint-Vincent
Saint-Malo Cathedral is a Catholic Cathedral located in Saint-Malo, Brittany, France. The church was founded in dedication to Saint Vincent of Saragossa and is a national monument of France. It was built in a mix of Romanesque and Gothic styles during the episcopacy of Jean de Châtillon (1146-1163) on the site of an ancient church founded in the 7th century. The cathedral suffered damage during World War II when the steeple toppled onto the Sacred Heart Chapel. An organ which had been built in 1893 by Louis Debierre was destroyed. On 21 May 1972, after 28 years of work, a ceremony was held to celebrate the completion of the restoration. It is a stop on the Tro Breizh, a Catholic pilgrimage that links the towns of the seven founding saints of Brittany.
Sight 3: Tombeau de François René de Chateaubriand
Chateaubriand's Tomb is the tomb where François-René de Chateaubriand, a famous French writer born in Saint-Malo on September 4, 1768 and died in Paris on July 4, 1848, is buried. It is located on the islet of Grand Bé, in Saint-Malo, its hometown. The tomb has been listed as a historical monument since 1954.
Sight 4: Château de Saint-Malo
The Château de Saint-Malo is a building built between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries and located east of the walled city of Saint-Malo in Brittany (France). The castle was built by the Dukes of Brittany to ensure their authority over the city of Saint-Malo.
Sight 5: Fort National
Fort National is a fort on a tidal island a few hundred metres off the walled city of Saint-Malo. The great military architect Vauban had it built in 1689 to protect Saint-Malo's port.
Sight 6: Étoile du Roy
Étoile du Roy, formerly Grand Turk, is a three-masted sixth-rate frigate, designed to represent a generic warship during the Age of Sail, with her design greatly inspired by HMS Blandford. The ship was built in Marmaris, Turkey, in 1996 to provide a replica of a frigate for the production of the ITV series adapted from the novels about Royal Navy officer Horatio Hornblower by C. S. Forester. Nowadays the tall ship is used mainly in sailing events, for corporate or private charter, and for receptions in her spacious saloon or on her deck. In 2010 the French company Étoile Marine Croisières, based at Saint-Malo, Brittany, purchased the ship and renamed her Étoile du Roy.
Sight 7: Maison du Peuple
The Maison du Peuple de Saint-Malo is a building built in 1920 in Saint-Malo on the plans of Edmond Eugène Mantrand. It consists of a pavilion located at 13, avenue Jean-Jaurès, and a village hall built in its extension at the rear. The whole has been registered as historic monuments since November 16, 2011.
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