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. Covered Market
The market (Les Halles) VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
is open every day. It
plays a prominent part Practical Information
* 67,250. n Place de la
in the life of the city.
Résistance; (02) 98 53 04 05.
( Wed & Sat, Boulevard du
Moulin au Duc. _ Salon Bande
Dessinée et Disque (Feb), Festival
de Cornouaille (third week in Jul),
Les Semaines Musicales de
Quimper (Aug), Les Jeudis de
l’Évêché (mid-Jun–mid-Sep).
∑ quimper-tourisme.com
Transport
k Aéroport de Quimper-
Rue St-François
In the 18th century, Cornouaille, Pluguffan.
£ & @ Avenue de la Gare.
crown judges lived in
this street, which is lined
with tall houses.
Odet River
ODET
R U E D U PA R C

R U E D U PA R C

R U E S A I N T F R A N ÇO I S RUE DE LA GRANDIÉRE QUAI DU STEIR Rue Kéréon

The finest and oldest timber-
framed houses in Quimper are in
Rue Kéreon (Shoemakers’ Street),
which has a medieval atmosphere.
R U E
A S TO R
R U E D E S B O U C H E R I E S R U E RUE DE LA HALLE Place Terre-au-Duc is
lined with timber-
framed houses.

P L AC E
T E R R E
AU D U C 0 metres 50 50
0 yards
RUE DE LA HERSE
K É R É O N
. Musée des D E S The Steir river
Beaux-Arts P L AC E runs through the
Built in 1872 by the Quimper G E N T I L S H O M M E S M É DA R D old quarters of Key
architect Joseph Bigot, it the city. Suggested route
contains collections of Flemish
and Italian paintings.

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