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v Street-by-Street: Dinan

In the words of Victor Hugo, Dinan perches “on an
overhanging precipice…like a swal low’s nest”.
From the 14th to the 18th cen turies, a flourishing
trade in linen cloth, leather, wood and cereals –
cargoes that left Dinan from its harbour on the
Rance – led to the creation of an exceptionally
rich archi tectural heritage: the old town has some
extremely fine half-timbered houses. The town is
enclosed by 3 km (2 miles) of walls that are both . Basilique St-Sauveur
the most massive and the oldest in Brittany. The This is built in a style combining Gothic
and Romanesque influences.
14th-century machicolated keep, as well as the D U
Basilique St-Sauveur, with a magnificent
R U E W A L D E C K R O U S S E A U
Romanesque porch, are some of the other
attractions of this medieval town. R . V I C T O R B A S C H
R U E

RUE NÉEL DE LA VIGNE
P L A C E
S A I N T
S A U V E U R
Tour Ste-Catherine RUE MICHEL
RUE DU REMPART
One of the oldest towers
in the town’s 13th-century R U E H AU T E V O I E R U E D E L’A P
walls commands a splendid
panorama of the harbour
and the Rance valley.
D U J E R Z U A L R U E D E L A
R U E P O I S S O N N E R I E P O R T
R U E
R U E D E L’ É C O L E
R U E D E L A
D U
P E T I T F O R T L A I N E R I E

Tour du Gouverneur

Porte de RUE DE LA GARAYE
St-Malo

Porch of the Hôtel P R O M E N A D E D E S G R A N D S F O S S É S
. Rue de Jerzual Beaumanoir
Until 1852, when the viaduct was The street entrance of this
built, travellers entering Dinan residence is framed by a
would follow this street, which stone archway decorated
was once a steep track. with carved dolphins.
For hotels and restaurants see pp225–6 and pp235–7

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