Attraction · Rennes · Ille-et-Vilaine

Palais Saint-Georges

Palais Saint-Georges is an abbey located. Head to Rennes to see it. It was listed in 1930 as a registered historic monument (inscrit, in part).

Where

In Rennes

inside the commune

Historic monument

1930

Registered historic monument (inscrit, in part)

How well known

Top 3%

#1,019 of 37,318 French places we list

Warmest months

May–Oct

highs of 17–25°C

In brief

Attraction in Rennes

One of the best-known places to visit in France

#1,019 of the 37,318 museums, châteaux, gardens and other attractions we list in France, by how widely it is covered (7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles). About ↓

In Rennes

Palais Saint-Georges is in the commune of Rennes, with 61 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Registered historic monument (inscrit, in part)

Protected as a historic monument since 1930; built in the 17th and 18th centuries (Mérimée record PA00090671). About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Weather by the month

In Rennes, May to October bring the warmest days: highs of 17–25°C.

Jan9° / 3°67 mm

Feb10° / 3°52 mm

Mar13° / 5°49 mm

Apr16° / 6°51 mm

May19° / 9°58 mm

Jun23° / 12°51 mm

Jul25° / 14°44 mm

Aug25° / 14°44 mm

Sep22° / 11°57 mm

Oct17° / 9°73 mm

Nov13° / 6°73 mm

Dec10° / 4°73 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Rennes, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Rennes-St Jacques station, 6.3 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Rennes’ full climate →

About

Palais Saint-Georges

Wikipedia covers it in 7 languages. Around it, within 15 km, lie 98 more places, Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rennes (700 m) first on our list.

Palais Saint-Georges on Wikipedia ↗

Mérimée record PA00090671 (Culture ministry) ↗

Type: Attraction
Protection: Registered historic monument (inscrit, in part) · 1930
Built: 17th and 18th centuries
Covered in: 7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune: Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine

Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

The map

Palais Saint-Georges and what surrounds it

The places near Palais Saint-Georges are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Bases near Palais Saint-Georges

Among the 8, Rennes is the biggest, home to 230,890 people. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in this commune

Rennes

230,890 people

2 · 4.3 km southwest of it

Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande

13,800 people

3 · 4.7 km north of it

Saint-Grégoire

9,957 people

4 · 4.8 km east of it

Cesson-Sévigné

18,761 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Palais Saint-Georges is	People
Rennes	It’s in this commune	230,890
Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande	4.3 km southwest of it	13,800
Saint-Grégoire	4.7 km north of it	9,957
Cesson-Sévigné	4.8 km east of it	18,761
Chantepie	5.3 km southeast of it	10,670
Montgermont	5.9 km northwest of it	3,827
Vezin-le-Coquet	6 km west of it	6,471
Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche	7.7 km south of it	8,359

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Of the 98 within 15 km, look for 3 attractions, 2 museums and 2 churches.

AttractionCathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rennes700 m west, in Rennes 2

MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes300 m southwest, in Rennes 3

AttractionPalais du parlement de Bretagne300 m west, in Rennes 4GardenGardenParc du Thabor400 m northeast, in Rennes 5

MuseumMusée de Bretagne700 m south, in Rennes 6

AttractionOpéra de Rennes400 m west, in Rennes 7ChurchChurchÉglise Notre-Dame-en-Saint-Melaine de Rennes300 m north, in Rennes 8ChurchChurchBasilique Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle de Rennes600 m northwest, in Rennes

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions before you go

Where is Palais Saint-Georges?

Palais Saint-Georges is in Rennes, in Ille-et-Vilaine (Brittany).

What is Palais Saint-Georges?

Abbey located in Ille-et-Vilaine, in France.

Is Palais Saint-Georges a historic monument?

Yes: Registered historic monument (inscrit, in part), since 1930, Mérimée record PA00090671.

How well known is Palais Saint-Georges?

Palais Saint-Georges has 7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #1,019 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Palais Saint-Georges?

May to October are the warmest months in Rennes, with afternoon highs of 17–25°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Palais Saint-Georges?

Within 15 km: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rennes (700 m), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes (300 m), Palais du parlement de Bretagne (300 m) and Parc du Thabor (400 m).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (5)

Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rennes: Man vyi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes: XIIIfromTOKYO, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Palais du parlement de Bretagne: Eusebius, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée de Bretagne: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Opéra de Rennes: Édouard Hue ( User:EdouardHue ), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.