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by Poliakoff, Nicolas de Staël,
The Bühler Brothers Raymond Hains and Dufrêne.
Although little-known today, Denis
(1811–90) and Eugène (1822–1907) E Les Champs Libres
Bühler revo lutionized the art of 10 Cours des Alliés. Tel (02) 23 40
garden design. Giving imagination 66 00. Open Tue–Sun pm only. &
free reign, they rejected the This cultural centre has a
strictures of the classic formal museum on Brittany, a science
gardens in the French style. The centre, a public library and a
Bühler brothers designed some conference hall. Exhibitions
100 gardens. About 20 of these are The Jardin du Thabor, laid out by the address subjects such as
in Brittany, and they include the Bühler brothers literature, history, physics
gardens of the Château de and astronomy.
Kervenez in St-Pol-de-Léon and of
the Château de la Briantais in St-Malo. But it was in Rennes that
they designed their finest garden, the Jardin du Thabor. Laid out E Écomusée de la Bintinais
in the style of a 19th-century park, the garden follows the contours On the road to Châtillon-sur-Seiche,
of the land and incorporates greenhouses, pavilions and an aviary. via the D82, 4 km (3 miles) south
Exotic and indigenous trees frame the garden’s perspectives. of Rennes. Tel (02) 99 51 38 15.
Open Tue–Fri, Sat–Sun pm.
Closed Mon and public holidays. &
E Musée des Beaux-Arts of the museum, Nouveau-né La Bintinais is one of the largest
20 Quai Émile-Zola. Tel (02) 23 62 by Georges de La Tour. The old farms in the countryside
17 45. Open Tue–Sun. & museum has expan ded its around Rennes. Converted into
The Robien Collection (see p63) collection with an additional a living museum, it illustrates
contains drawings by Leonardo space for modern and the history of rural life.
da Vinci, Botticelli, Donatello contemporary art. Modern Fields have been planted to
and Dürer. There is also a art is represented by such show various farming practices
strong focus on the 17th cen- painters as Corot, Denis, of the past, and a conservation
tury, with works by Le Brun Gauguin, Lacombe, Caillebotte orchard has been created to
and Philippe de Champaigne, and Sisley. The contempo rary preserve varieties of cider
Rubens’ Tiger Hunt and the star collection includes works apples that have become rare.

Rennes City Centre
Key
1 Portes Mordelaises
2 Cathédrale St-Pierre See pp62–3
3 Basilique St-Sauveur
4 Hôtel de Ville HOCHE ST-MALO
PLACE
5 Theatre R UE S T-M EL AI NE
6 Parlement de Bretagne Ste-Anne
PLACE
7 Jardin du Thabor RU E ST-LOUIS STE-ANNE St-Melaine
8 Église St-Germain Ste-Anne R U E HOCHE Jardin du
9 Musée des Beaux-Arts ST-MICHEL R UE L E BASTARD RUE DES FOSSÉS COURS DE LAMOTTE Thabor
PLACE
PLACE
DES LICES Parlement RUE MA R T E N O T
RUE
RUE DE NATIONALE du Bretagne
TOULOUSE
R UE V I CTOR - H U GO
RUE DE LA MONNAIE St-Sauveur de Ville PLACE R. ED ITH CAVEL L St-Germain
PALAIS
Portes PLACE DU
Mordelaises Theatre R
Basilique
Hôtel
DE LA
Église
MAIRIE
Cathédrale
Hotel de Blossac
PL MAL St-Pierre R UE S T- Y V E S RUE DE ROHAN RUE D'ORLEANS RUE ST-GEORGES U E GAM BETTA R U E K LEB E R
FOCH
Q UAI D U GU AY T ROU I N Q U A I L AMAR T IN E QU A I C HATE AUB R IAN D
PLACE DE LA La Vilaine
QU A I LA M E N N AI S RÉPUBLIQUE Q U A I É MI LE-ZOLA
République LE MANS
PLACE DE R UE D E LA CH A LO TAIS R UE D U P RE -B O T T E
BRETAGNE Musée des
Beaux-Arts
Aéroport
7 km (4 miles) AVENUE JEAN-JANVIER
R U E P O ULL A IN -DU PA RC RUE DE NEMOURS RUE VA S S E LOT
NANTES BOULEVARD DE LA LIBERTÉ RUE DU MARECHAL JOFFRE RUE ST-THOMAS
0 metres 200 BOULEVARD DE LA LIBERTÉ Gare Routière,
300 m (330 yards)
0 yards 200 Écomusée de Gare SNCF
la Bintinais
For keys to symbols see back flap
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