Porte Saint-Vincent

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Le château en bref

The Porte Saint-Vincent is one of the gates in the walls of Vannes, opening to the south to serve the harbour quarter. According to the Mérimée entry for the former ramparts (PA00091806), it dates from the 16th and 17th centuries: the opening was pierced in the late 1580s, during the Wars of Religion, a period when the walls were also fitted with bastions. The gate was restored from 1650 until the Revolution. It was listed as a Monument historique by order of 11 October 1928, as part of the protections introduced in stages between 1912 and 1958, which now cover almost the entire length of the ramparts. It belongs to a circuit of walls with ancient origins: an initial triangular enclosure of about 980 m in perimeter, on the Méné hill, is dated to the 3rd century, and was then extended southwards around 1370 under John IV, who also had the Château de l'Hermine built in the 1380s.