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Forts, fortifications, arsenals in Brittany

Retrouvez les 39 forts, fortifications, arsenals of the Brittany region recensés par Musée du Patrimoine de France.
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Former guard corps, known as the Doles guard corps, located in the hamlet of Verger
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.
Former Fortifications of Quintin
Fortification
22800 Quintin

The former fortifications of Quintin, built in the 17th century in the Côtes-d'Armor, include two towers and vestiges of ramparts bearing witness to its Breton military past.
Defences of the Pointe du Toulingualt
Fortification
29570 Camaret-sur-Mer

The Défenses de la Pointe du Toulingualt, built in the 19th century at Camaret-sur-Mer (Bretagne), formed a coastal military complex including an artillery tower, batteries and a semaphore, protecting access to the Brest gully.
Fortified ensemble of the chapel and the bridge of Chevré
Fortified ensemble
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.
Fortified ensemble from La Ferriere to Locmaria
Fortified ensemble
56360 Locmaria

The fortified La Ferriere complex, built in the 18th and 19th centuries in Locmaria, Britain, is a 1.2 km coastal defensive system along the beaches of the Grands-Sables and Samzun, including a escarp wall and a partially buried fort.
Fort Cigogne
Defensive heritage
29170 Fouesnant

Fort Cigogne, built in the 18th century on Cigogne Island in the archipelago of the Glénan (Fouesnant, Finistère), is a military work in granite, never completed, now classified as a historical monument and used by the sailing school Les Glénans.
Fort of Penthièvre
Defensive heritage
56510 Saint-Pierre-Quiberon

The Penthièvre Fort, built in the 18th century in Saint-Pierre-Quiberon, Brittany, is a strategic military work controlling access to the Quiberon peninsula, marked by major historical events.
Fort des Sept-Îles
Defensive heritage
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.