Located in Brittany, in the Morbihan department Hennebont takes place in Lorient town, about forty kilometers from Vannes, Brittany great tourist place. The city takes its name from the old Breton, Habenont and means Old Bridge.
Today city of art and history, the city of Hennebont is an ancient fortified city in the middle of the Middle Ages by the Duke of Brittany, Jean Le Roux. Great Morbihan economic strength over the centuries, the city was largely destroyed by Allied bombing in 1944, is today turned to tourism. It still has a beautiful architectural and historical heritage and remains committed to its ancient traditions.
Leisure is not lacking in this city of more than 15 000 inhabitants who knows highlight its advantages over the passing visitors.
Although heavily destroyed during World War II, the municipality of Hennebont is fortunate to have preserved an important historical heritage of great interest for lovers of Breton culture and architecture.
It is still possible to admire the medieval walls of Hennebont and the Bro-Erec'h towers. Built in the fifteenth century, these have been classified as an historic monument and still form the heart of the old city center Hennebont. Former prison during the French Revolution, they would also hosted the famous Breton robber, Marion of Faouët. Today, Bro-Erec'h towers house a museum on the Neolithic Breton culture in the Second World War. One can discover the collections of costumes, earthenware Quimper. The walled city attracts attention of visitors Hennebont. Behind the walls some houses do not lack interest like the Seneschal, home of the sixteenth century timber-framed, or the hotel Perrien, very beautiful house of the seventeenth century.
Perle's historic center Hennebont, Notre-Dame-de-Parais was built in the early sixteenth century in flamboyant Gothic style. It was classified as an historic monument in 1862 and reached the rank of minor basilica in the early twentieth century. One can discover the stained glass windows depicting the Marian history of the city, an organ classified historic monument and part of the oldest of the department, as well as a table showing the wish of the Virgin Hennebontais to eradicate an epidemic.
Other major sites of religious architecture, the church of Saint-Caradec present a yew dating from Henri IV, while the fountain of Bride was once the scene of a ceremony for the girls find a husband. The church of Saint-Gilles that retains elements of the eleventh century, and the Notre-Dame-de-Joye who still has an abbey house, a pavilion and a home confessors, no lack either interest.
Walking through the city and its surroundings, visitors will enjoy the charm of the botanical park Kerbihan with its exotic flora. Designed in the late nineteenth century, it has plant species from the entire planet as herbs from the Pampas of Argentina, China bamboo or a banana Japan. Ranked, wood Duke offers a beautiful view of the casting Blavet, while the wood Hingair Talhouët and has a large number of hiking trails.
Hennebont, city of art and history, this annual event highlighting its past and its different cultural and economic traditions.
Hennebont the market, one of the greatest of all Britain, is held every Thursday morning.
A puppet festival is organized every year in April at Bouffou theater.
The last week of July, Hennebont hosts medieval festivals with many events testifying to the traditions of the city as costumed parades and musical entertainment.
In July, the National Stud Hennebont hosts a national competition horse.
