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   Rennes Cathedral

   The cathedral of Rennes, rebuilt through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries after the medieval church became unsafe — which is why a classical front hides a heavily painted and gilded interior. It was listed as a historic monument in 1906.

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   Basilique Saint-Sauveur de Rennes

   A Catholic minor basilica in the middle of the historic centre of Rennes, dedicated to Our Lady of Miracles and Virtues. It was founded before the eleventh century as Saint-Sauveur, enlarged several times, and rebuilt in the early eighteenth century.

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   Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes

   The municipal fine arts museum of Rennes in Brittany. It runs from ancient Egyptian material to modern and contemporary art, and its painting and drawing collections have made it one of the most substantial museums in France outside Paris.

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   parc du Thabor

   A park of ten hectares near the centre of Rennes in France. French and English gardens and a large botanical garden run together in it, and its name comes from Mount Tabor above the Sea of Galilee in Israel.

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   Museum of Brittany

   A museum in the Champs Libres cultural centre in Rennes in France. It began as a museum of archaeology and ethnography and now covers the history and society of Brittany from prehistory to the present.

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   Saint George Palace

   A historic building in Rennes in France. It was raised in 1670 as the abbess's residence, replacing far older conventual buildings on the same site, and passed to the state when the abbey was closed in the revolution of 1792.

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   Basilique Notre-Dame de Bonne Nouvelle de Rennes

   A Catholic minor basilica on the place Sainte-Anne in central Rennes, France. It replaced an older church on the same spot, remains unfinished, and was raised to basilica on 6 August 1916.

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   Notre-Dame-en-Saint-Melaine

   A parish church on the north-east edge of medieval Rennes, adjoining the west end of the Thabor park. It is dedicated to Saint Melaine, the first bishop of Rennes, who died here in the sixth century.

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   Abbey of Saint-Georges, Rennes

   A former Benedictine nunnery in Rennes, France, founded between 1024 and 1034 by Alan III, duke of Brittany, for his sister Adela and her nuns.

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    place de la République

    The main square of the lower town, laid out over the covered Vilaine in the 19th century and dominated by the Palais du Commerce, whose long facade was begun in 1885. Buses and the metro converge beneath it.

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   Condate Riedonum

   The Gallo-Roman name of Rennes in France. It was the chief town and capital of the civitas of the Redones in Roman Gaul.

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   Jardin botanique de l'Université de Rennes

   A botanical garden on Boulevard du Général Leclerc in Rennes in France. The science faculty of the University of Rennes 1 maintains it, with glasshouses, a herbarium and a collection of botanical models.

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