Forts, fortifications, arsenals in Brittany

Patrimoine défensif
56360 Locmaria

The forts and defences of Locmaria, built in the 17th century on Belle-Île-en-Mer, protected the ria of Port Maria with batteries and a 19th century reduced. Located in Morbihan, they illustrate Breton military architecture.

Ensemble fortifié
35340 La Bouëxière

The fortified ensemble of Chevré, dating from the 12th and 13th centuries, includes a Romanesque chapel, a medieval bridge and the ruins of a dungeon, located in La Bouëxière, Brittany. This site illustrates a preserved castral village, marked by feudal conflicts and historical commercial activity.

Fortification
29570 Roscanvel

The Cornouaille battery, built in the 17th and 19th centuries at Roscanvel (Bretagne), is a defensive military work designed by Vauban to protect the Brest gully. Ranked a historic monument in 2013, it illustrates the evolution of the French coastal fortifications.

Patrimoine défensif
29900 Concarneau

The Fort du Cabello, built in the 18th century in Concarneau, Brittany, is a coastal military work designed to defend the Bay of La Forêt, now classified as a historical monument.

Patrimoine défensif
56360 Sauzon

Fort Sarah Bernhardt, a 19th-century military fort transformed into a summer residence by the actress, is located in Sauzon on Belle-Île-en-Mer in Brittany. Ranked a historic monument, it now houses a museum dedicated to its illustrious owner.

Fortification
35260 Cancale

The former Doles guard corps, built in the 17th century in Cancale (British), is a coastal military post typical of Vauban's defensive architecture, classified as a historical monument in 1955.

Patrimoine défensif
22700 Perros-Guirec

The Fort des Sept-Îles, built at the beginning of the 18th century on the archipelago of Perros-Guirec in Brittany, is a military ensemble designed by a disciple of Vauban to protect the coasts from pirate raids, now classified as a historical monument.

Fortin
56360 Le Palais

The Port-Fouquet fort, built in 1860 at the Palais (Bretagne), is a former creneled military guard corps transformed into a residence, a key element of the Belle-Île-en-Mer coastal defence.