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Ille-et-Vilaine's cultural heritage includes the adventures of its historical figures and their love of their homeland. Among these famous names are Nominoë, the first King of Brittany in Bains-sur-Oust and Redon, du Guesclin at Les Iffs and Le Grand-Fougeray, Chateaubriand in Saint-Malo and Combourg, Madame de Sévigné in Vitré and our glorious seafarers, Jacques Cartier, Duguay Trouin and Surcouf in Saint-Malo.

• more than 1,000 manor houses,

• more than 540 churches and chapels,

• 400 castles and country houses,

• 170 organs (14 of them heritage-listed),

• dozens of Stone Age sites,

• 20 listed parks and gardens,

• 4 towns of architectural, artistic and historic interest: Rennes, Fougères, Saint-Malo and Vitré,

• 1 town of architectural and artistic interest: Dinard,

• 1 historic town: Dol-de-Bretagne,

• 3 small towns with character: Bécherel, Châteaugiron and Combourg,

• 1 heritage town: Langon,

• 1 heritage-listed building: the church in Bruz,

• 2 conservancy areas: Rennes and Vitré,

• 4 landscaped urban and architectural heritage zones (Zones de protection du patrimoine architectural et urbain paysagé, ZPPAUP): Fougères, Châteaugiron, Dinard and Bécherel,

• 4 ?Brittany heritage villages? (village patrimoine de Bretagne) : Mellé, Cogles, St Christophe de Valains and St Georges de Reintembault.