Castles in the Finistère

Château de style Louis XV
29950 Clohars-Fouesnant

The Château de Cheffontaines, built in the 18th century in Clohars-Fouesnant in Brittany, is a malouinière flanked by pavilions, classified as a historical monument and surrounded by a remarkable park.

Château de plaisance
29270 Carhaix-Plouguer

Kerampuil Castle, built in the 18th century in Carhaix-Plouguer, Brittany, is a historic building of classical style, now transformed into a cultural and administrative space after serving as a hospice and a place of agricultural celebration.

Château
29800 La Forest-Landerneau

The castle of Joyeuse Garde, remains of a 12th century fortress at La Forest-Landerneau in Brittany, is linked to the Arthurian legend and classified as a historical monument since 1975.

Château fort
29800 La Roche-Maurice

The castle of La Roche-Maurice, a medieval fortress of the 13th to 15th centuries, dominates the Elorn valley at La Roche-Maurice (Finister). Former bastion of the Viscounts of Leon and then of the Rohans, he embodies Breton feudal history.

Château
29120 Pont-l'Abbé

The Barons du Pont castle, built in the 14th and 15th centuries in Pont-l'Abbé (Finistry), is a fortified mansion transformed into a town hall and a bigouden museum, a witness to Breton history.

Château fort
29840 Landunvez

The castle of Tremazan, a medieval ruin of the 12th–15th centuries in Landunvez (Finistry), was the emblematic fief of the Chastel family, dominating the Portsall anse in Brittany.

Château fort
29200 Brest

Brest Castle, a military fortress classified as a historical monument since 1923, has dominated the Brest harbour since the 13th century. Transformed by Vauban in the 17th century, it now houses the maritime prefecture and the National Marine Museum.

Château de style Renaissance
29430 Plounévez-Lochrist

The castle of Maillé, in Plounévez-Lochrist (Finistry), is a 14th, 16th and 17th century building, mixing medieval architecture and Renaissance, classified as a historical monument since 1981.