Enjoy Le Goh Velin, a campsite on the outskirts of Vannes, capital of Morbihan. Discover a medieval setting, the charm of the port and the city walls just 35 minutes from Le Goh Velin.
Enjoy Le Goh Velin, a campsite on the outskirts of Vannes, capital of Morbihan. Discover a medieval setting, the charm of the port and the city walls just 35 minutes from Le Goh Velin.
With the arrival of the Celts, the Gallo-Roman town of Darioritum became Vannes. The town was fortified and Christianized from the 3rd to the 5th century. It became the capital of the Dukes of Brittany. Port trade, sheltered by its ramparts, and its central central location in Southern Vannes, and its political and religious leaders, played a leading role in Brittany, and then in France from 1532 onwards (the union of the Duchy of Brittany and the Kingdom of France was prepared by François 1er, who stayed in Vannes). Today’s town grew with the arrival of the railroad and the 2 artillery regiments installed after the defeat of 1870. Today, the city has a population of around 64,000.
The first city walls were built by the Romans in the 3rd century. The city walls were consolidated at the end of the end of the 14th century under the reign of Jean IV. The Gréguennic bastion replaced a former Barbacane, where portable artillery pieces were installed, while cannons were stationed on the wall walk. Five casemates were installed as batteries with firing embrasures. The watchtowers, notably the one at the Hôtel Mynier, the machicolations and the Gréguennic Bastion all bear witness to a real need for defense.
Visit Cathédrale Saint-PierreThis Gothic-style cathedral was built on the remains of a former Romanesque cathedral. Since 1419, it has housed the relics of Saint Vincent Ferrier, one of the seven founding saints of Brittany.
The pavements and watchtower of the Hôtel Mynier are reminiscent of a medieval past.
La Cohue, a former market hall, housed numerous stalls on the first floor and the ducal court house on the second floor. Today it houses the Vannes Museum of Fine Arts..
The 170 half-timbered houses located around the Cathedral, in the faubourg Saint-Patern and on the banks of the harbor, are full of color and carved detail. In the past, there appear to have been over 900 of them. Characteristic of the Middle Ages was the pronounced corbelling, i.e. a second floor that was further forward than the ground floor, which enabled the upper floor to gain in surface area and pay slightly less tax, formerly calculated on the basis of floor area.
Your campsite near Vannes, Le Goh Velin, invites you to a meeting with history, in a town full of charm and vitality.