Familiarity with the history of the ancient French city of Van, you can start with a visit to the archaeological museum, located in the castle Chateau-Gaillard. The castle was built in the XV century and is located on the Place Saint-Pierre.

The first settlement on the site of modern Wang appeared in I century BC and it was built by the Celts Veneto, which then conquered by the Romans. In the past, military port in the Gulf of Morbihan, today Van - a city of economic importance. In Van preserved medieval buildings - churches, fortifications (walls and gates), Market Square de Lis and other facilities.

Chateau Gaillard is notable for the fact that he was able to retain its original layout. It was built of granite mansion was private property, then in XV-XVI centuries has been known as the Palace of the Parliament of Brittany. In the XVII century owner of the castle was the chairman of the City Court of Pierre de Ceren. From this master in the castle preserved his office, whose walls are decorated with paintings and wooden panels depicting scenes from the life of Jesus Christ and the first Christian monks IV-V centuries, called the Desert Fathers. This room is called "Cabinet of the Desert Fathers."

Museum of History and Archaeology, located in the walls of Chateau-Gaillard in 2000 alone. The museum kept paintings, works of applied art, archaeological finds.

It is noteworthy that in France there is another castle of the same name. This Chateau-Gaillard is located in Normandy, in the village of Les Andelys. The castle was built by Richard the Lionheart in the end of the XII century and repeatedly became the trophy of the British, the French during the Hundred Years War.