Capital of the Duchy of Penthievre since the tenth century, Lamballe was a fortified city among the most important strongholds of Britain. The war of succession of Brittany and the Cardinal Richelieu of retaliation overcame the castle: the remains of the Earls of Penthievre, remains the imposing church of Notre Dame, which was the chapel. The successive destruction of the walls and access towers in the city have deleted the old separation between walled city and suburbs. Lamballe account yet two listed churches, St. John Church and the Church of St. Martin.
A strong craft and business contributed to the development of a unique and original heritage "The Pottery", which finds particular traces the museum of arts and popular traditions of the city, and the Pottery Museum. The memory of the famous painter Mathurin Méheut (1882-1958) is very present with Mathurin Méheut museum in a beautiful half-timbered fifteenth century, the House of the Executioner, a listed building. Thirty two half-timbered houses are also listed in the old town.
Located in the heart of a country suitable for farming, Lamballe also contains an original heritage tied to the horse with the National Stud, a 6 hectare site in the city, still harboring respect standards and postman Breton.
Morieux is a coastal locality of Cotes d'Armor in Brittany, about fifteen kilometers east of Saint-Brieuc.
Its territory, with an area of 7.5 km², is bordered to the west by the course and the estuary Gouessant and north by the English Channel.
Already occupied in ancient times, crossed by two Roman roads, the site of Morieux is established parish in the thirteenth century. In the fourteenth century, a pond is built on the Gouessant, the New Bridge, and a floor-shaped dam can increase the efficiency of mills that line the small coastal river. These works are carried out on the orders of the Duke of Brittany.
During the following centuries, the village develops inside land and agriculture predominates. In 1936, a hydroelectric plant is built on the Gouessant to provide energy in Saint-Brieuc. With now a thousand inhabitants, the town benefits from the growth of tourism and near the capital city. Its beaches, leisure offer (golf, climbing park) and heritage make it a point of interest during a stay in the region. Not to be missed also, the discovery of the Holy Gobrien church in the village. With its frescoes from the twelfth to the seventeenth century.
Situated between land and sea, Planguenoual is a coastal village of about 1800 inhabitants made up of several hamlets such as the Pont-Rouault, Port Morvan and the Cotentin.
Anecdote: Bernard Hinault won his first Planguenoual cycling race at the age of 16 years 2 May 1971.
