Common located halfway between Vannes and Nantes, at the gateway to Brittany, Missillac takes place at the edge of the Regional Natural Park of Brière. Jewel of the Loire-Atlantique, it is about twenty kilometers from Saint-Nazaire, on the edge of Morbihan.
Missillac owes its origin to a Gallo-Roman agricultural domain, but was really developed in the middle of the 12th century with the creation of a parish. Occupied by a Templar commandery in the 13th century, it was then strongly affected by Protestantism with the conversion in the 16th century of François de Coligny, then owner of the castle of Bretesche.
Today, the town of Missillac remains popular with visitors for its charm and its proximity to some of the most beautiful sites in Brittany and Pays de la Loire. It also has a rich heritage to discover the time of a stay in the region.
Built in the late nineteenth century, the church of St. Peter and St. Paul takes place on the remains of the Templar Church of the thirteenth century. Gothic Revival, it reveals a bell tower type kreisker. Inside, you can admire very beautiful stained glass windows of the seventeenth century listed Historical Monuments and offered by François de Coligny for the original building. The wooden altarpiece is classified by the Beaux-Arts and comes from an old altar of the seventeenth century.
Treasury of the town, the castle of Bretesche is the former residence of the barons of La Roche-Bernard. Restored in the 14th century, it later became a fortress dedicated to the safety of the city. High place of Protestantism in the sixteenth century, it was completely rebuilt by its owner of the moment in the middle of the nineteenth century. Today, only the court is open to the public.
Inaugurated at the beginning of the 20th century, the Saint-Charles Hospice was then run by the sisters of Saint-Gildas-des-Bois Abbey. A few years later, he is transformed into a garment workshop before taking his current role, a retirement home.
Located in the village of Bergon, the Wolf Rock dolmen was built between the 5th and 3rd century BC It presents a large leaning table of four meters long.
Several chapels can be admired on the town like those of Sainte-Luce, Saint-Laurent, Notre-Dame of the Immaculate or retirement home Saint-Charles. Do not miss to discover the funeral chapel of Montaigu in the cemetery, or that of the manor of The Hague-Eder dating from the second half of the XVIIe century. The town also has mansions to admire from the outside as those of Briandais, Bois Marqué, Matinais, Roche-Hervé or Islac.
Missillac is also home to a golf course with an 18-hole course, and offers various marked hiking trails.
