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. No. 9 Grand’Rue VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
This was the street where
the linen cloth market was Practical Information
once held. The house at Road map C1. * 17,300.
No. 9 has a pondalez, a n Maison Pénanault, 10 Place
staircase that is typical of Charles de Gaulle; (02) 98 62 14
residences in Morlaix. The 94. ( Sat. _ Les Rues en Scène
building also features (street art festival at Morlaix and
windows with sliding surrounding villages in Sep).
shutters and 17th-century ∑ tourisme-morlaix.fr
painted beams.
Transport
£ Rue Armand-Rousseau.

Maison de la
Duchesse Anne
This is one of the fine
town houses built in
the 15th and 16th
centuries for the
nobility of Morlaix and
for rich merchants in
the linen cloth trade. Musée de Morlaix
Together with the nearby Maison à Pondalez,
this Jacobin convent houses part of the
museum’s collection. Art exhibitions are
held in the gallery space.
R U E A N G E - D E - G U E R N I S A C

PL A CE RUE AU FIL
R U E
Église St-Mathieu
D E VIARNES The tower (1548) was
RU E C A R N OT D ’ A I G U I L L O N JA C OBINS once crowned by a
PL A CE
DES
dome. Inside the
church is a rare “vierge
ouvrante”, a statue of
the Virgin and Child
that opens to reveal
the Holy Trinity.
G R A N D ’ R U E
R U E
PL A CE R U E D E P A R I S
SAL V ADOR P L A C E
ALLENDE D U
D O S S E N
D U
VENELLE DES ARCHERS R U E
M U R

R U E B A S S E
Key
Place Allende
is the venue for Suggested route
a Saturday market.

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