The Palais du Commerce of Rennes, part II !!

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I come to my nice Rennes. This time one of the nicest monument , and of course the City is in Îlle et Vilaine dept 35,of my lovely Bretagne, I have come back to this beautiful City after a long hiatus and it was wonderful, Bear with me as the next posts will be on this beautiful City, Let me tell you about the Palais du Commerce of Rennes, part II !! Hope you enjoy it as I.

The Palais du Commerce is located in the center of Rennes. Built at the end of the 19Cy and at the beginning of the 20C (1885 to 1929), the building formed a U turned north. Two wings extend symmetrically around a central pavilion. The body of the wings have 11 spans and as many arcades. The central pavilion is surmounted by a four -sided roof ending with a lantern. It housed various institutions and businesses during its history. The building welcomed the library, the regional school of Fine Arts or the National Conservatory of Music., a post office and the Café de la Paix have been present since the first inauguration. It also houses a telephone central. It is located south of the Place de la République, a large essentially pedestrian space that covers the Vilaine river. It is bordered to the south by rue du Pré-Botté, west by rue de Nemours and east by rue du Maréchal-Joffre. The central pavilion is crossed by the passage de la Légion-d’Honneur. Called “Renaissance”, the project was revised and the extension project is abandoned in favor of a redevelopment of the placette Joffre. First planned to be delivered in 2022, the work was delayed by the project review board, and will not start until the summer of 2024 and should end in 2026.

The west wing was home to the Café de la Paix , a mecca for Rennes from the end of the 19C, it is still there under Brasserie de la Paix, where we had drinks,in the past.

Rennes Palais du Commerce front oct24

The Rennes tourist office on the palais du commerce : https://www.tourisme-rennes.com/sortir/palais-du-commerce/

There you go folks ,another jewel in my wonderful capital city of Rennes. The walks are worth it with plenty of lovely areas, Again, hope you enjoy the post on the Palais du Commerce of Rennes, part II !! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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