Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Vannes, France

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Number of sights 12 sights
Distance 1.7 km
Ascend 42 m
Descend 29 m

Explore Vannes 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 Vannes

Sight 1: Préfecture

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The prefecture of Morbihan is an administrative building located in Vannes, capital of the French department of Morbihan. It houses the prefect and the prefecture's services.

Wikipedia: Préfecture du Morbihan (FR)

190 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Église Saint-Patern

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The Church of Saint Patern de Vannes, located in the district of the same name, is a Catholic religious building dedicated to Saint Patern, the first bishop of Vannes in the 5th century.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Patern (Vannes) (FR)

306 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: porte Saint-Jean

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porte Saint-Jean

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)

174 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre

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Vannes Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Peter in Vannes, Brittany, France. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Vannes.

Wikipedia: Vannes Cathedral (EN)

87 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Ancienne cohue

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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)

106 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Maison dite de Saint-Vincent

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The Maison de Saint-Vincent is a half-timbered house located in the commune of Vannes in the Morbihan department of Brittany, France.

Wikipedia: Maison de Saint-Vincent (FR)

30 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 7: Maison dite de Vannes et sa femme

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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)

52 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Château-Gaillard

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The Château-Gaillard is a French hôtel particulier and an archaeological museum, built in the late Middle Ages in Vannes.

Wikipedia: Château-Gaillard (Vannes) (EN), Website

380 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Richemond duc de Bretagne

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The Monument to the Constable of Richemont is a bronze equestrian statue made by the sculptor Arthur Le Duc.

Wikipedia: Statue équestre d'Arthur III de Bretagne (FR)

67 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Chapelle Saint-Yves

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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)

89 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Vannes

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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

232 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Hôtel de Limur

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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)

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