Our rich heritage

The Maison Trouvée dolmen is a burial chamber built at the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC. It is therefore around 5,000 years old. This dolmen is covered by a single slab of impressive dimensions: 4.30 m long and 2 m wide. Legend has it that beneath the dolmen is an underground passage leading...

 Val d'Oust

Josselin Castle has been the residence of the Rohan family for over ten centuries and offers visitors a real journey through time with its imposing medieval towers overlooking the river Oust, its sculpted granite facade built during the Renaissance and its interiors entirely restored in the 19th cen...

 Josselin

The anecdotes abound for our great pleasure, for example about the bats that live in the cellar and are protected. The castle of 1435, which was destroyed, was rebuilt by the last baron of Malestroit, Louis de Sérent, who used the stones of the Malestroit ramparts, which caused a scandal. The avenue...

 Missiriac

This 15th-century manor house is one of the most imposing in the area. It once belonged to the former seigneury of La Villeder, which had the right to administer high justice. It was completely transformed in the 17th century with the construction of the current façade. The new construction incorpor...

 Val d'Oust

 Sérent

More commonly known as ‘Notre Dame des Fleurs’ (or Pomeleuc Chapel), Saint-Mélec Chapel dates back to 1220. It was restored in 1639 and enlarged in the 18th century. The choir altarpiece (with its tabernacle, twisted columns, cherubs and various sculptures) is dominated by the statue of Our Lady of...

 Forges de Lanouée

 Malestroit

This heritage trail allows you to discover the medieval town of Josselin through its narrow streets. Spread throughout the town, several panels reveal the secrets of the "Petite Cité de Caractère". Come and collect the leaflet "Balades du Canal à Brocéliande" from the Tourist Office, on which the ci...

 Josselin

The Association LA GACILLY PATRIMOINE invites you to discover LA GACILLY, through its heritage and history, during a stroll along its streets and alleys lined with pretty blue schist houses. From April to October (for other periods: please contact us), our guides will tell you all about its history...

 La Gacilly

 Malestroit

Discover a veritable green oasis in the heart of the medieval town of Josselin! Vegetable patches have been created so that visitors can discover and pick aromatic and medicinal plants from days gone by. Information panels explain their everyday uses. A collection of roses can also be seen further...

 Josselin

It was there that, on 18 June 1944, a battle was fought against the German occupiers by 2,000 maquisards supported by 150 Free French paratroopers and the local population. This battle was followed by terrible reprisals which have left a lasting mark on the collective memory. Located on the very sit...

 Saint-Marcel