Culture
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Architecture
Beautiful granite facades from the 17th and 18th centuries can be seen from the rue des Meunières to the Place Royal. The facades boast fronton windows and monumental chimneys rise overhead. These were the homes of businessmen, royal officers and millers; today, they serve as a reminder of the town's rich commercial history.
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This little granite bridge is the town's central element. It symbolizes the junction between land and sea, the notion of an intersection that made Pont-Aven this place of trade. The city did not g...
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This port fills up at high tide. In the 18th century it was a source of wealth for the land, but today it is reserved for pleasure boats. Once it was the center of a trade oriented town, where a wa...
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A dozen mills are located upstream and downstream from the main bridge. Some of them are built along the steep rocks. The mills were built so industrialists could take advantage of the powerful flow o...
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Less than 3 km from the summer events of Pont-Aven lies the serene borough of Nizon, a village that has conserved the atmosphere typical of an early 19th century Breton parochial center. The best way ...
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