Morbihan prefecture opens its doors

Name: Morbihan prefecture opens its doors
Start: 2022-09-18T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Préfecture du Morbihan

In order to make discover the living rooms, the winter garden, the English park and the French gardens of this building dating from 1865, the prefecture and its agents offer guided tours.

Sunday 18 September 2022, 08:00Passed

Conditions

Same day ticket for fixed time visits - limited group.

Ministère de l'intérieur

Vannes Prefecture is a beautiful Louis XIII style pastiche granite building, built at the end of the 19th century, surrounded by a beautiful park composed of a French garden on the west side and an English garden on the south side. The park is crossed by a stream lined with century-old trees: sequoias, oaks... From the prefecture, you can enjoy a beautiful view of the ramparts of old Vannes. In order to make discover this building dating from 1865 and its surroundings, the prefecture and its agents offer guided tours on Sunday, September 18 from 10am to 12pm and from 2pm to 6pm. Instructions for visitors to the European Heritage Days are put in place.

About the location

Préfecture du Morbihan

10 bis place du Général de Gaulle, 56000, Vannes

Morbihan
Bretagne

A pastiche in the Louis XIII style, this 1865 construction is a good example of late-century constructions. A decree of 1861 decided the construction of the prefecture on the site of the old barracks of gendarmerie. The plans had been submitted since 1860 by the departmental architect Aimé. In 1864, the pediments of the courtyard of honour and the south facade were executed by the sculptor Le Merle. The main staircase ramp was forged by Albert Lefebvre. In June 1940, the Germans settled there. On 22 July 1945, General De Gaulle held an audience in the Council Chamber. This room is refurbished and decorated by Bompard, a marine painter, for the visit of the King of Cambodia in 1948\. The building has a floor surmounted by an attic with sloping ceilings. Its central part, raised, is cushioned by a rounded pediment where are sculpted the imperial eagle and two armed characters (Nominoë and Alain Barbe-Torte, hero of the Breton independence). A bull’s-eye illuminates the dome that surmount