THE BROCELIANDE FOREST
The Broceliande forest, also known as the Paimpont forest, is a place full ...Read more
THE FORGES OF PAIMPONT
Read moreIn 1675 the Forges settled in the heart of the forest of Paimpont-Brocéliande. They benefit from a good iron ore and a hydraulic network put in place by the monks from the Middle Ages. In the eighteenth century, Diderot and D 'Alembert hold the refinery to illustrate the Encyclopedia. Production is then 500 tons of Iron and 360 tons of iron. The Forges provide orders related to the war of independence of the United States of America. In the nineteenth century, under Louis XVIII, forges modernized. After their peak in 1850, the blast furnaces stopped in 1866, resumed the activity in the war of 1870 and stopped again in 1880. In the twentieth century, forges buy on the external market of iron and iron at low prices to produce agricultural tools, boilers and other equipment to equip the region. The latter activity stopped in 1954. Since 2001, forges are listed on the Supplementary List of Historic Monuments. A restoration program is undertaken with the assistance of the State, the Regional Council of Brittany, the General Council of Ille-et-Vilaine and the owner.
OFFICE DE TOURISME DE BROCÉLIANDE
Tourist office with store of local products and creations in Paimpont, full ...Read more
MERLIN'S TOMB
A tomb which presents an alley of about ten meters long composed of eight ...Read more
PAIMPONT ABBEY
Paimpont Abbey in the heart of the Broceliande forest, benefiting from a ...Read more
THE FORGES OF PAIMPONT
Visit the Paimpont ironworks, to find out all about the history of this ...Read more
THE STORYTELLERS OF BROCELIANDE
The legends of Brocéliande with Paimpont's storytellers during a ...Read more
THE DOORWAY TO SECRETS
A journey through six worlds of cinema, theater, animation and new ...Read more