Our rich heritage in Malestroit

 Caro

Little by little, Robert Coudray built up his museum, with the aim of passing on his knowledge... The result was a collection of unsuspected wealth: stones, machines, models, tools, all designed to promote the industrial heritage associated with quarrying! This museum is the realization of a dream,...

 Lizio

 Ruffiac

Formed 5,000 years ago, this 22-hectare communal reserve, classified as a sensitive natural area, is managed by the Bretagne Vivante association. It is the last important site in the east of the Morbihan and the Lanvaux moorland massif, revealing an ecosystem that is both sensitive and remarkable,...

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 Malestroit

 Lizio

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

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 Malestroit

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

 Malestroit

Founder of the clinic (still in activity) in 1929, she was awarded the Legion of Honour by General de Gaulle in 1945 for having hidden and treated soldiers and resistance fighters at the clinic during the Second World War. The cemetery where she is buried is accessible at all hours. The chapel is op...

 Malestroit