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16 Quellien 15 History of the town 4 Sainte-Anne 11 venelle des trois avocats 16 place du Marchallac’h he former hospital and the Sainte-Anne chapel were foun- his is a typical medieval lane that was formerly called the rom the Middle Ages until the 1960s, this square annion was founded in the early Middle Ages. A ded by the Lord of Kergomar. After the buildings had been Venelle aux Boyaux (“Gut Alley”). Numbers 3 and 5 is a was used for the was used as a cottle market castle was built in the 11th century high above the damaged in the late 16th century during the League of large house with a turret and granite spiral staircase. A face and for festivals. Number 28 at the end of the L town. Kermaria priory and the fortified church of T T F Habsburg war, the Augustinians from Quimper were asked In 1667 in high relief is carved on a stone on the corner. Opposite is the lane, the manoir de Crec’h Ugien has been the home Brélévenez were built during the same period. From 1588 to restore it. The property was gradually enlarged and a new chapel former home of Yves Taillart, Lord of Kerellou, who was a lawyer in of many famous people including, in the 17th century, to 1598, the League of Habsburg war caused a huge fire was built in 1900. The hospital was moved in 1975 and ENSSAT, a the Brittany parliament. His coat of arms is still visible in a internal Jacques Thomé de Kéridec, an Irish banker who was that destroyed a large part of the town; the oldest houses school of engineering, was set up here in 1986. In 2003 the buil- courtyard. These stone houses were built by rich lawyers. one of the most influential people in the town. It was that now remain today date from the 16th century. The dings were taken over by the Town Council. The Augustinians left here that the midsummer bonfire was lit, but it was also town prospered during 17th and 18th centuries with a wide Lannion in 2008. Today the buildings house the Espace Sainte- a place where Emile Souvestre’s Breton tragedies were range of trades and many convents, schools and hospitals. Anne (a cultural centre and conference hall), a day nursery and a 12 acted. A guillotine was set up here during the Revolu- The harbour was expanded by building the waterfronts. place du Général Leclerc nursing home. tion. The war memorial was inaugurated in 1923. his central square was created in 1864 after the Auditoire, The 19th century proved to be a busy period of urban the medieval law courts, had been demolished leaving a building when the market, town hall, law courts and railway 5 T space which also included the surrounding streets: the 17 appeared. During the second World War, Lannion be- Kermaria Bridge rue Suzaine and the rue Souzaine des Halles. The market hall Stanco district came an important base for the Resistance movement. he Kermaria Bridge was built in 1489 to replace the former was moved in the early 20th century and the square was named he Stanco valley was a mudflat covered at The Centre National d’études des Télécommunications wooden bridge belonging to the Kermaria priory that was after Général Leclerc in 1947. Old half-timbered or tiled houses, high tide. It encouraged the growth of Lannion (national centre for telecommunication studies) was set T built between the 11th and 12th centuries over a ford dating the oldest dating from the 16th century, have been preserved on T which became a harbour town (see point no. 2). up in 1960 starting the town’s economic growth. In 1961, from Roman times. Although it was considered to be very fine with the former rue Suzaine. The town hall was built on the site of the Over the centuries, the Stanco valley was drained and Lannion merged with bordering towns to become the its pointed buttresses and ogival arches, it collapsed in 1800 and former prison in 1886. Stones from the demolished buildings were developed. The two streams, the Pen ar Biez and the Greater Lannion as we know it today, and the centre of again in 1880 after a tidal bore that destroyed 13 bridges on the used to build it, including the façade of the Auditoire, which was Kerambellec, which flowed along the valley before emp- Lannion-Trégor Communauté. Léguer. The modern bridge dates from 1881. rebuilt almost identically. tying into the Léguer were used for industry : hackling flax, mills, laundry etc. The extremely fertile land was used for gardens, plant nurseries and market gardens. 6 former court house 13 rue des Chapeliers The neighbourhood was redeveloped in 2017. he former court house was built in 1855 beside the Léguer to ormerly known as the rue de la Porte au Gruau, it was here replace the medieval Auditoire or Court House in the Place that cereals came into the town in the Middle Ages. There 18 T du Centre. The Courts were used until 2007 when the legal F are several noteworthy houses. Number 1 is a half-timbered Brélévenez steps system was changed. It is currently used for the School of Music. house known as the “shop-front house”. This type of house is wi- he Mathurin cross was erected in 1583 in tribute dely seen in harbour towns, reminding us of the ships of the Royal to the monks from the Saint Mathurin order, who Navy. At no. 3, the house known as “the apothecary’s house” dating T bought back sailors who had become slaves af- 7 Sainte-Anne bridge from the 15th century, has cheeky carved timbers. ter being taken prisoner by pirates. In the 19th century, small houses were built along the 142 steps that lead to n earlier wooden bridge know as the Léguer Bridge was the cemetery round the church. replaced by the stone-built Sainte-Anne bridge in 1379. It 14 A was damaged twice by tidal bores in 1768 and 1813 and rues Geoffroy de Pontblanc, 1 quai d’Aiguillon was finally replaced by a wooden footbridge. The current stone 19 bridge was not built until 1853. Jean Savidan and rue de Kériavily Brélévenez church ntil work began here in 1762, Lannion had he street formerly known as rue de Porsmeur was named his Romanesque church was built in the 12th no waterfront along the Léguer, so high tides after of Geoffroy de Pontblanc in 1894 to commemorate century by the Knights Templar. Building conti- regularly inundated the town. Emmanuel de U 8 T this knight who died in 1346 defending ant the town against T nued until the 17th century, with the nave and Richelieu, the Duc d’Aiguillon who was responsible for rue émile Le Taillandier the English during the war of succession to the Duchy of Brittany. the bell-tower being rebuilt in the 16th century. Its name roads in Brittany, ordered the waterfront to be built, his road was once named rue du Port. It was here that Numbers 5 and 7 were the former home of the Meur de Kergus is derived from the Breton for “Hill of rejoicing”. It is following plans of Anfray, a civil engineer, who designed goods were weighed to determine what tax should be paid. family, dating from the 16th century, which has preserved its Gothic dedicated to the Holy Trinity, symbolised on the 12th a dog-leg in the line of the 247 metre long waterfront. T It was named after Emile Le Taillandier, who was mayor of doorway. The 17th-century houses at numbers 1 and 3 have busts century Romanesque porch topped by three 17th centu- By 1786, Lannion finally had an appropriate harbour Lannion in 1870 and again from 1876 to 1888 who lived here. Nu- on pedestals on the first floor, a decoration unique to Lannion. For- ry pillars. It is very richly furnished. facility that compared with other estuary towns. mber 3 and number 5 have been classified as Historic monuments merly called rue des Capucins, the rue Jean Savidan was renamed for their façades and roofs. in 1941 after a former deputy Mayor. There are many historically 2 interesting houses. Number 5, once a private house, became a Anse de Viarmes 9 coaching inn between Guingamp and Morlaix; number 20 was once he anse de Viarmes is named after M. Pontcar- place du Miroir a semi-detached half-timbered house but one of the pair has been ré de Viarmes, the Steward of Brittany, who in his was once called rue de la Prison, and is Lannion’s ear- destroyed.The rue de Kériavily also has its own distinctive features. T 1749 ordered work to improve infrastructures, in liest square of Lannion. It was here that convicts sentenced Number 16 is a fine half-timbered house with two carved busts; order to trade along the river. These included a bridge T to transportation were put on show. The last display of number 6 still has its original doorway dated 1623. to join up with the Perros-Guirec road, a waterfront convicts, seven men and four women, took place in 1847 before the along the stream coming from the Stanco pool, and a practice was banned. The square was then named of Place du Mi- gently sloping beach for unloading seaweed for use as roir. The market hall was built in 1905 and restored in 1998 in a style fertiliser. The whole work was finished in 1753 and was popularised by Victor Baltard. It replaced the old medieval wooden 15 Ursulines convent called the Anse de Viarmes in gratitude to the Steward. market on the place du Centre he Ursuline nuns, a teaching order, were set up in Lan- In 1967, the bay was filled in to make a car park. The nion in 1659 to open a girls’ school. The convent was built modern bridge was opened in 1976. 10 T between 1670 1690. The school prospered until the Ursu- Saint-Jean-du-Baly church lines left during the Revolution. They abandoned the buildings to his church built between 1511 and 1548 replaced the chapel the Town’s administrators. The chapel choir was used as a law- 3 of the former castle dedicated to Notre-Dame. It underwent court, the nave became a depot for animal fodder. In 1806, a milita- Manoir de Langonaval T several enlargements until 1902. Four statues of the Holy ry barracks, police station, prison and school were set up there by his turreted manor house was built in the 15th Family from the Ursulines chapel which had been hidden during the local authority. The buildings were restored in 1980 to provide century. The half-timbered façade facing the road the 1789 Revolution were placed in the church around 1825 (four homes and exhibition and performance areas. T was not added until the 16th century as a shop. empty niches can be seen in the chapel). Renovations during the The manor house is distinguished by its typical staircase 19th century revealed an intact 16th-century wooden vaulted tower, with the main façade facing the internal courtyard. ceiling with painted ermines, the symbol of Breton independence. As a point of interest : a weather vane in the form of the French flag was placed on top of the church during the 1830 revolution showing Written with the active involvement of ARSSAT. the support of the people of Lannion. It has been there ever since.