Chapitre street

Rue du Chapitre, in Rennes

Rue du Chapitre is one of the finest streets of old Rennes, lined with half-timbered houses and mansions. The Rennes audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this charming thoroughfare, a witness of the Rennes from before the great fire.

A witness of the Rennes of the past

With its half-timbered houses and its stone mansions, Rue du Chapitre is one of the most picturesque of old Rennes. It keeps superb residences that survived the great fire of 1720, which destroyed a large part of the city. There you admire façades of carved wood, corbels and fine portals, which tell the history of the city before its reconstruction in stone. It is a dive into medieval and Renaissance Rennes.

What to see

You admire the half-timbered houses, the corbels and the stone mansions, survivors of the great fire of 1720, in one of the finest streets of old Rennes. Rue du Chapitre tells the Rennes from before the reconstruction. It is a must-see stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

Rue du Chapitre lies in the heart of old Rennes, reachable on foot. It is a public street freely accessible at all times; you admire its façades from the street, the residences being mostly private. You discover it during a walk in the historic centre.

Why visit Rue du Chapitre in Rennes?

For its half-timbered houses and its mansions that survived the great fire of 1720, among the finest witnesses of old Rennes.

Where is Rue du Chapitre?

In the heart of old Rennes, in Brittany.