By Vincent Noyoux (text) and Stanislas Fautré (photos) for
Le Figaro Magazine
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The end of the world begins three hours from Paris.
Finistère,
"the extreme limit, the tip, the prow of the Old World",
in the words of Michelet, is easily discovered from Morlaix station, in Brittany.
The viaduct that spans the city was built to accommodate the train.
In 1865, it released its passengers after sixteen hours of travel… The high arches of the viaduct offer a majestic silhouette to the city, built astride three hills.
The steep streets tumble down to corbelled houses hiding pondalez, inner courtyards lined with spiral staircases and carved wooden galleries.
We guess the opulence of the former owners, merchants and merchants enriched by the linen trade.
The "crées du Léon", fine and resistant, made the fortune of Léon and Trégor in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Around 1680, 10,000 kilometers of linen were exported...
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