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Le château en bref
In the commune of Malansac, between Rochefort-en-Terre and Questembert in the south-east of Morbihan, the Manoir du Vau d'Arz is the seat of a former seigneury that took its name from the Vaudar family. The reformation of the nobility of 1427 already associates the site with the Le Moene and Méaude families, a sign of its antiquity. In 1536, it belonged to the sieur de Chasteauderech. The present residence is dated to the 17th century by the Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel de Bretagne. It is a plain noble dwelling of one square storey, built of granite rubble, the traditional stone of the region, under a long-pitched slate roof ending in covered gables. This austere architecture is characteristic of the manors of the Breton rural minor nobility, closer to large country houses than to châteaux. The sources consulted do not describe any outbuildings or particular interior fittings. Listed by the Inventaire de Bretagne, the manor is not protected as a monument historique. It is a privately owned property.