Free or commented visits to the brickyard

Name: Free or commented visits to the brickyard
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Site Industriel Briqueterie

Come and discover the history of brickwork, argilières and the collections of solid and hollow bricks, tiles, tiles and pottery made between 1860 and 1957.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Free or commented visits to the brickyard
Brickworks of the 19th and 20th centuries. Jules-César Gohaud, master plasterer, exploited the clay seam of the earth. Discover its history, the argilières and the collections of solid and hollow bricks, tiles, tomettes and pottery made between 1860 and 1957.Saturday from 2pm to 6pm
Sunday from 10am to 12pm and from 2pm to 6pm
Free tours at opening times and guided tours every hour.
Contact: Hervé Drouet - 07 83 66 94 79 - hervedrouet@hotmail.fr

About the location

Site Industriel Briqueterie

22 rue de la Briqueterie, 56890, Saint-Avé

Morbihan
Bretagne

The site of the brickworks is a testimony of an industrial activity that stopped in the late 1950s. This more than 5-hectare site was operated between 1860 and 1950\. In 1927, 430,000 bricks came out of this production site annually. All clay extraction, brick moulding, drying and firing activities were carried out on site.