Halle des Lices, Covered market hall in central Vannes, France.

Halle des Lices is a covered market hall in central Vannes where over thirty permanent vendors sell fresh produce, meat, fish, and regional foods in a clearly organized indoor space. Each stand occupies its own spot, making it straightforward to navigate and find what you are looking for.

Built in 1912 by contractor Louis Bolze to plans by architect Charles Pleyber, this was Vannes's third covered market, after the grain hall and the fish halls, on the site of the 17th-century hôtel de Rosmadec. Its Moorish-style entrance, glazed tiles and wrought-iron gate recalled the Kermel market in Dakar, where Pleyber had stayed during his colonial service. Demolished in 2000 despite a petition by the Amis de Vannes, it was replaced by a new building by architects François Pfeiffer, Bruno Freycenon and Franck Playsf, inaugurated on 23 June 2001.

The hall's name comes from the Place des Lices where it stands; lices were the lists of the medieval tournament ground. The 1912 facade carried glazed tiles and a Moorish-style entrance with a wrought-iron grille and a stone cartouche of the city's arms, a design recalling the Kermel market in Dakar where architect Charles Pleyber had stayed during his colonial service.

The hall sits on the south-east side of Place des Lices, between Rue du Marché-Couvert and Rue de la Porte-Poterne. The 2001 building covers 1,350 m² and holds 29 traders' stalls. Enter from the square through the glass-and-timber facade; the stone corner marks the Porte-Poterne side.

The 1912 hall by architect Charles Pleyber had a monumental Moorish-style entrance with glazed tiles and a wrought-iron grille, echoing the Kermel market in Dakar where he had stayed during colonial service. It was demolished in 2000; archaeological digs then uncovered the medieval stables of the Château de l'Hermine, dated to the 1440s.