Forts, fortifications, arsenals in Morbihan

Patrimoine défensif
56520 Guidel

The Fort du Loch, built in 18th century in Guidel in Brittany, is a pentagonal fortification designed to defend the port of Lorient, surrounded by ditches and ramparts.

56360 au Palais

The Fort de Taillefer, built in the 19th century on Belle-Île-en-Mer, is a coastal fortification located at the Palais in Brittany, protecting access to the port with its successive artillery batteries and its still active semaphore.

56170 Île-d'Houat

Fort Central, built in the 19th century on Île-d'Houat in Brittany, is a trapezoidal military fortification with bastionnets, witness to the defensive coastal strategies of the time.

Patrimoine défensif
56170 Hoedic

Hoedic Fort, also known as Fort Louis-Philippe, is a 19th-century military structure on the island of Hoedic in Brittany, built between 1847 and 1853 on a trapezoidal plan with ditches and bastionnets.

Fortification
56170 Houat

The battery of En Tal is a military work located on the island of Houat, Brittany. Its history and construction period remain to be clarified.

Patrimoine défensif
56170 Houat

The Fort d'Houat is a historic monument located on the island of Houat, Brittany. Its history and exact period remain to be specified.

Forteresse
56250 Elven

The fortress of Largoët, built between the 12th and 15th centuries in Elven (British), is an emblematic medieval site dominated by an octagonal donjon of 45 meters, classified as a historical monument since 1862.

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.