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56  BRIT T AN Y REGION B Y REGION

Brittany at a Glance

Brittany’s beaches, like those on the Côte
d’Émeraude and Côte de Granit Rose, the Golfe
du Morbihan and Belle-Île, are very popular with
holiday-makers. Brittany is also a land of history,
with a rich heritage of ancient monuments. The
timber-framed houses in Vannes and Dinan conjure
up the Middle Ages, while in Nantes and St-Malo Château de Kerouzéré is one of
the town houses of shipowners reflect the fortunes many fortified castles in the region
that were made in the 17th and 18th centuries. (see p128).
Coastal forts such as that in St-Malo and castles in
the Breton marches have fiercely defended Brittany
from attack from land and sea Perros-Guirec
throughout the centuries. Lannion
Roscoff
Île
d’Ouessant St-Malo
Morlaix Dinard
Mont-
NORTHERN Guingamp St-Michel
Brest FINISTÈRE St-Brieuc
(See pp118–147)
Dinan
CÔTES D’ARMOR
(See pp92–117)
Fougères
Châteaulin
SOUTHERN Loudéac ILLE-ET-VILAINE
FINISTÈRE (See pp58–91)
(See pp148–175)
Quimper Pontivy Rennes
Concarneau Ploërmel
MORBIHAN
(See pp176–201)
Lorient
Île de Groix Vannes Châteaubriant
At lantic
Logis de Rohan, a tower Ocean
in Quimper, houses the
Musée Départemental Breton
(see p166). LOIRE-ATLANTIQUE
(See pp202–217)
Belle-Île
Guérande
St-Nazaire
Nantes
Pornic

0 kilometres 20
Porte Poterne in Vannes, not far from the Château de 0 miles 20
l’Hermine, leads through to pleasant gardens beneath
the city walls (see pp192–3).
Dinan, on the banks of the Rance, once a busy port for the linen trade

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