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Palais Saint-Melaine

Palais Saint-Melaine is a château in Rennes. Another 60 places to visit lie within 5 km. Since 1959 it has been a classé historic monument (in part).

Where

In Rennes

inside the commune

Historic monument

1959

Classé historic monument (in part)

How well known

Top 15%

#5,252 of 37,318 French places we list

Warmest months

May–Oct

highs of 17–25°C

In brief

Château in Rennes

In Rennes

Palais Saint-Melaine is in the commune of Rennes, with 60 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Classé historic monument (in part)

Protected as a historic monument since 1959; built in the 17th and 18th centuries (Mérimée record PA00090672). About ↓

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

When to go

Month by month

The warmest stretch in Rennes is May to October, at 17–25°C in the afternoon.

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-Melaine

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 2 languages. The pick nearby is Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rennes, 800 m off.

Palais Saint-Melaine on Wikipedia (in French) ↗

Mérimée record PA00090672 (Culture ministry) ↗

Type: Château
Protection: Classé historic monument (in part) · 1959
Built: 17th and 18th centuries
Covered in: 2 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

Its place on the map

Orange: Palais Saint-Melaine.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Palais Saint-Melaine

By population, Rennes leads the 8 with 230,890. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in this commune

Rennes

230,890 people

2 · 4.3 km north of it

Saint-Grégoire

9,957 people

3 · 4.5 km southwest of it

Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande

13,800 people

4 · 4.9 km east of it

Cesson-Sévigné

18,761 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Palais Saint-Melaine is	People
Rennes	It’s in this commune	230,890
Saint-Grégoire	4.3 km north of it	9,957
Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande	4.5 km southwest of it	13,800
Cesson-Sévigné	4.9 km east of it	18,761
Montgermont	5.5 km northwest of it	3,827
Chantepie	5.6 km southeast of it	10,670
Vezin-le-Coquet	5.9 km west of it	6,471
Betton	7.7 km north of it	12,964

Make a day of it

Pair Palais Saint-Melaine with these

Also close at hand are 4 attractions, 2 museums and a garden, among 99 within 15 km.

AttractionCathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rennes800 m southwest, in Rennes 2

MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes600 m south, in Rennes 3

AttractionPalais du parlement de Bretagne300 m southwest, in Rennes 4GardenGardenParc du Thabor300 m east, in Rennes 5AttractionAttractionPalais Saint-Georges400 m south, in Rennes 6ChurchChurchÉglise Notre-Dame-en-Saint-Melaine de Rennes100 m southeast, in Rennes 7

MuseumMusée de Bretagne1.1 km south, in Rennes 8

AttractionOpéra de Rennes500 m southwest, in Rennes

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

Good to know about Palais Saint-Melaine

Where is Palais Saint-Melaine?

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

What is Palais Saint-Melaine?

Château.

Is Palais Saint-Melaine a historic monument?

Yes: Classé historic monument (in part), since 1959, Mérimée record PA00090672.

How well known is Palais Saint-Melaine?

Palais Saint-Melaine has 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #5,252 of the 37,318 French places we list.

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

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-Melaine?

Within 15 km: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rennes (800 m), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes (600 m), Palais du parlement de Bretagne (300 m) and Parc du Thabor (300 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.