Visit description
What was the rôle of a breton manor during the Middle Ages?
How was living in it ? What were its functions, its economic, penal, or defence systems?
By visiting the Plessis Josso, we offer to you a small trip through the ages, from the 14th to the 17th centuries,
to discover the Bretons life in the Vannes country looked back in the Brittany and French history...
During the external visit of the visit, you will be able to understand:
- The distribution of tasks in it: protection, housing, services,
- The seigniorial power, symbolized by size and wealthy mark,
- Its development through the ages, visible through the various architectural styles: Gothic, Renaissance, classical...
Inside the manor, you will discover:
- The allocation of inhabited space
- The collective rooms: high room, lower hall,
- The private rooms: bedrooms, three kitchens, cellars.
you will appreciate, in particular, the development of culinary practices with its suitable equipment:
medieval cuisine, supply cooking, renaissance cuisine, baker's oven...
The visit of the manor, interior and exterior, lasts approximately 45 minutes.
Following the visit, you will be able to stroll around the manor, and why not, to discover its outbuildings:
the three courtyards, the loft and its threshing floor, the water mill and its pond, the established forest...
During summer, the Plessis Josso organizes other temporary activities (concerts, exhibitions, ...).
You will find descriptions of them on the following
page.
