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Pierre Manoli for more than
25 years – is regarded as one of
Brittany’s main art centres. Over
300 of his works are displayed
here, in the traditional granite
buildings and throughout the
grounds. Among Manoli’s major
works are La grande voile at the
Gare Montparnasse in Paris, and
the altar and liturgical furniture
at the Cathédrale St-Corentin in
Quimper (see pp168–9).
On the right bank of the
Rance is the picturesque village
of St Sauliac, a fishing port
many of whose houses date
from the 14th and 15th cent-
St Sauliac, Rance Valley uries. The 13th-century church
is one of the few examples of an
f Rance Valley A tidal power station (usine enclos paroissial (parish close) in
marémotrice) is located on the this part of Brittany. Many lovely
Road map E1. 2.5 km (3 miles) south
of St-Malo via the N137. £ @ bridge over the Rance estuary, walks start from here, including
n 2 Boulevard Féart, Dinard; (02) 99 on the Dinard side. Harnessing one that leads to the ancient
46 94 12. the energy of the tides, which Moulin de Beauchet, one of the
are among the strongest in the oldest tide mills in the region.
The Rance river, which runs world here, the power station
for 25 km (16 miles) from generates enough electricity P Atelier Manoli
Dinan to the coast, was once a to supply a town of 250,000 9 Rue du Suet. Tel (02) 99 88 55 53.
busy trading route. Traditional inhabitants for a year, or a Open May–mid-Sep: daily; mid-Feb–
chalands (barges) transported quarter of what a nuclear power Apr & mid-Sep–Dec: Wed–Mon, pm
cereal and wood from Dinan station would produce. It has no only. Closed Jan–mid-Feb. &
to St-Malo; on the return trip negative environmental impact. ∑ manoli.org
they were charged with coal. Built on the principle of tidal mills,
Since the early 19th century, it was inaugurated in 1966, after
tourists have out numbered 25 years’ research and six years’
the barges, and the river is building work. It consists of a
navigated by pleasure boats dam, a lock and an embankment,
steering past the tidal mills, which contains the power
fishermen’s houses, mariners’ station and a discovery centre.
chapels and fortifi cations that Just south of the dam, Atelier
line the banks. Manoli – home to sculptor

Malouinières
Second residences of the wealthy shipowners of St-Malo,
malouinières were built in the 17th and 18th centuries, a time
when this port city of privateers was expanding. Their design
being influenced by military
architecture, malouinières Dinard, a fashionable and elegant resort
typically have simple outlines, since the 19th century
harmonious proportions and a
certain austerity. Further g Dinard
characteristics are a steeply
pitched roof and high Road map E1. * 11,000. k Dinard-
chimneys with lead or Pleurtuit-St-Malo; (02) 99 46 18 46.
terracotta stacks, emblems of £ @ n 2 Boulevard Féart; 0821
the new élite. Bands of dressed 235 500. ( Tue, Fri & Sat.
Chausey granite surround _ International Festival de Musique
window frames and mark the Classique (Aug); Festival du Film
angles of the walls. The Britannique (end Sep–beginning Oct).
emphasis on symmetry and ∑ dinardtourisme.com
ordered perspective is in
Part of the façade of a malouinière in keeping with the Neo-Classical At the beginning of the 19th
Puits-Sauvage style of the period. century, Dinard was no more
than a small fishing village. That
For hotels and restaurants see pp224–5 and pp234–5

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