Historical Patrimony
Working in close cooperation with the tourist Oust Country and Broceliande and the Brittany cultural Institute.
A well-delimited area
The area covers the major part of the old historical territory of Porhoet (the name of which lost its strong souvenir power among the population) It is surrounded by forest mounts which no longer serves as a boundary (though daily transportation habits still take into account former areas). They were the limits of the country and as well as the symbols.
Bilingual area, cultural prosperity
It is to be underlined that forest mounts inhabitants of Paimpont and Lanouée are still keeping up and using the Britton language more than around the surrounding areas (Dinan area in the North, and Redon in the South) The Bilingual issue will be one of the transmission means of the medieval Brittany literary prosperity, such as history and tradition of King Arthur themes to the rest of Europe. The Brittany identity is thus strongly implemented; Gallo is quite part of the daily life, and the Britton language cannot be forgotten if one wants to have a clear idea of its richness.
Meadle-Age
In the Middle-age, the name of Porhoet was identified with the first Lord, the Viscount of Porhouet. The descendants, the family of Rohan, are continuing the tradition of the name up to today. On the other side, one may go up to the Carolingian aristocracy, even to the families of Princes at the beginning of the Middle-Age. Judicael features the central and more reliable person from the historical point of view. The former name of the Country, before Porhoet, was “Pagus placatus” : i.e. peaceful and calm area; it represents a highly positive theme by those times of speedy behaviour!
Heart of Brittany
Various transportation axes were used to travel through the Country (apart from modern roads), without crossing each other, throughout ages. The most ancient and long-lasting one is the river Oust, which may explain far away influence insight penetration. Then, there came the Roman roads, crossing the country from East to West, then, the Royal roads linking Rennes to Vannes, supported now by the actual axes. Then, the railway system was built up and turned into a health tourist path.
