Destination Saint Malo 2023Under this name lies a Neolithic monument of importance. It is a burial chamber 14 metres long. The monument owes its name to one of the slabs in the burial chamber, whose 4 cylindrical engravings are said to represent two pairs of breasts. Two mysterious engravings that, according to specialists, suggest that the “mother goddess” was honoured here.
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Jardin de Granit - LanhélinThe idea for the Granite Garden arose from two sculpture symposia in 1993 and 1994. Paul Hignard, then a granite worker and mayor of Lanhélin, wanted monumental sculptures made of Breton granite to be created. On this site, 15 sculptors from Ille-et-Vilaine, the Breton departments, but also from Paris and abroad, exhibit their works.
Built at the end of the 16th century, altered and extended in the 17th and 18th centuries, it is a fine example of the residences of the members of the Parliament of Brittany. A tour of part of the château reveals the richly decorated and furnished drawing rooms. French garden and zoological park of the Domaine de la Bourbansais.
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©Rodolphe Marics - CuguenClassified as a Historic Monument, it is 6.50 metres high and 1.85 metres at its widest: its perimeter at the base reaches 7 metres wide. According to legend, the cross placed at the top of this menhir, which was Christianised in the 19th century, diverted the devil from his goal of taking the stone to complete the construction of his temple on the Rochefort moor in Trémeheuc.
