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Ancienne abbaye Saint-Georges des Bénédictins, ou Palais Saint-Georges

Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façades et toitures (cad. BP 601) : inscription par arrêté du 22 mars 1930
Protection dates
1930/03/22 : inscrit MH
Type
abbaye
Main period of construction
3e quart 17e siècle, 18e siècle
Dates
1670
Architect or builder
Corbineau Pierre (maître de l'oeuvre)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
2 rue Gambetta
Commune
Rennes
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.11177, -1.67383
Mérimée reference
PA00090671

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1662 map "Gouvernement General du Pays Orleanois / [Joan Blaeu]" (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Ancienne abbaye construite en 1670 et présentant un bâtiment flanqué d'un pavillon à chaque extrémité. Un premier édifice, établi vers 1032, a été détruit à la fin du 12e siècle. L'ordonnance se compose de dix-neuf travées identiques présentant, au rez-de-chaussée, une arcade formant portique ; aux deux étages, d'une fenêtre à arc surbaissé ; dans la toiture d'une lucarne alternativement à fronton triangulaire ou circulaire.

English translation

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Former abbey built in 1670 and presenting a building flanked by a pavilion at each end. A first building, established around 1032, was destroyed at the end of the 12th century. The arrangement consists of nineteen identical bays presenting, on the ground floor, an arcade forming a portico; on the two storeys, a window with a segmental arch; in the roof space a dormer alternately with triangular or circular pediment.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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