Pont-Aven,
cité des peintres
Pont-Aven, cité des peintres
History

Origin - Middle Age - XIX century - The Inns - Coiffes and Costumes - Today

Middle Age
Throughout the years, tradesmen, millers and sailors, including "chasse-marée" ("coastal luggers"), set out for Nantes and Bordeaux carrying local grain and bringing back wine and salt, providing the town with animated.
  • Prosperous little town
  • The famous ... family set up their seigniorial justice in Pont-Aven, drawing many lawyers and judges who built beautiful houses that still stand on the left bank of the River Aven. With its paved stre...

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