COUNTRY OF GUER

Megaliths, St Cyriens, Motor bikes and Soil
GUER-COETQUIDAN
Old diocese of St-Malo, Guer was called formerly "Argwern", Breton word which means "Alder plantation". At the Gallo-Roman time, Guer is located in the important crossing of the Roman ways connecting Angers to Carhaix, Rieux with Corseul and Vannes to Rennes. Located at the confluence of 2 rivers, Aff and Oyon, Guer is a place of inspiration for the painters, thanks to its green landscapes. Varied natural spaces are to be discovered with the liking, such as hiking trails: the Hillock of Dran~ Vauvert, Pierre Tremblante... The amateurs of traditional products will be able: To taste Breton champagne cider and to visit the Cider-house of Guer-Coëtquidan, located in edge of the zone of activities of the Coric Valley, between Guer and Bellevue-Coëtquidan. Tel.029722 0478 .Find in the butcher's and pork butcher's shops a typically Guer speciality: "foie pane".
The Agri-Auto Museum, in town centre, put in scene more than 500 machines and tools telling the history of the agricultural world from1850 up to our days and present about fifteen cars of collection. Open on Sundays from May to November. Tel.. 02 9722 01 33
The Saint-Etienne Priory
To 3 km of Guer,one finds the axis of Augan/Ploërmel (D 772), or Monteneuf/ Malestroit .The vault proves to be the oldest religious building of the department (MW). It was built between 832 and 868 and still has vestiges of the Gallo-Roman time. At the interior, you will be able to admire there the painted walls of XVth century, an altarpiece of XVIIth and the St-Etienne statue (XVIIIth) and of Ste-Apolline (XIIIth century). The vault also shelters an archaeological exhibition. Opened every afternoon in season (possibility of visits with accompanying notes) Tel., 02 9722 04 78
It is in Coëtquidan locality, at 5 km in the North of Guerque is the inter-arm school of St-Cyr by gathering today more than 5000 people the enclosure of its camp. The Museum of the Memory, national museum, located at the centre of the Schools, presents a true retrospective of what was the training life of the officers of Saint-Cyr military school. Many uniforms make it possible to follow the vestimentary evolution since the juniors-gentlemen of Louis XIV until our days. It gathers single collections of personal objects, authentic documents, weapons... having belonged to famous characters such as Napoleon, Gaulle, Lyautey...