Built during the first half of the 16th century. This was an old Inn.

During the 19th century the medieval house was destroyed, only the ancient dorm window is preserved

Grand townhouse built in 1667 by Arnaud Duthoya, a leading wine merchant

Landerneau Medieval Architectural Beauty

January 12, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C

Landerneau lies at the mouth of the Elorn River which divides the Breton provinces of Cornouaille and Léon, 22 km east of Brest. The name is from Lan Terneo and can mean "(religious) enclosure of St Ténénan (Welsh: Tyrnog)": allegedly a Welshman who also had llans in the Vale of Clwyd in North Wales and in Somerset, and who moved to Brittany in the 7th century. Lann means a religious sacred place. The town has been founded by Saint Arnoc, some times called Ternoc and confusion can occur with Saint Ténénan. Some sources point Saint Arnoc and Saint Ténénan as the same person. It was an important center of the flax and linen industries in the 16th and 17th centuries.
A picturesque feature of the town center is the sixteenth-century house-lined bridge (the Pont de Rohan) across the Elorn. The Pont de Rohan was the most downstream crossing of the Elorn River until 1930 and the construction of the Pont Albert Louppe near Brest.Read more