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Castle of Keravéon à Erdeven dans le Morbihan

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château

Castle of Keravéon

    Kéravéon
    56410 Erdeven
Description: . Located northeast of the village, the castle of Keraveon and its outbuildings, are located to touch the village of Keroret, where its main estates were located under the old regime.. It is an imposing seigneurial residence protected by a triple enclosure, set in perspective by the main driveway of the park: that of the courtyard of the house, that of the communes and that of the enclosure with majestic entrance door to the south.. . The house: it is located to the north of the park, east of a courtyard surrounded by moat (to the west and south). It has a double façade facing west and east. It consists of a seven-span main body, the three of which are gathered under a triangular pediment, and two double wings deep, forming corner pavilions, including the one to the north occupied by the former recast dungeon. On the east side, the threaded pieces reflect a provision probably imposed by the old house whose slates were kept. On the west side, two levels of galleries give the whole a false double plane in depth. In the DRC, the gallery is paved with white stones and black schist cabochons. The set is distributed by two stairs: the screw of the north tower and a mediocre staircase in the south wing, on the day on which an elevator for the hotel is set up (1972-1992). The cornices and lucarns (disappeared) of the west facade, those of the pediments, the oculi are white stone. The coating on the east side has disappeared, the coating on the west façade has been badly reworked, making the floor bands disappear. This regular composition under long-paned roofs and knotted on the central pediments reflects the neoclassical inspiration of the 1st quarter of the 19th century. Note a neoclassical style fireplace on the ground floor of a room east of the north wing.. . The dungeon: It is represented on the cadastral plan of 1811 and has been included in the northern extensions of the house. Note the thickness of the walls of the first levels which shows the age of this construction. From a rectangular plane, it has 4 floors and a top floor under the roof in a broken pavilion. At the top a lantern serves as a gazebo from which one can embrace the landscape surrounding up to Lorient. Close to the roofs of Kergonano in Baden. The staircase tower added in the southwest corner with the main house is capped with a broken conical roof, with oculi and high spout of zinc. It is contemporary of the resumption of the dungeon, all in an eclectic but yet rather austere style, which reflects the work of engineers in the first quarter of the nineteenth century.. . The enclosure of the castle's lower courtyard: it is preserved to the south and west, where water moats remain. To the south, it incorporates a door with drawbridge (destroyed) of which one always distinguishes part of the devices such as the hopper of the gallows overlooking the bridge. In a corbellation on the southeast and southwest corners, two stone scallops are pierced with small mouths for small arms, and capped with a dome finished with a ball. The arms of Talhouët and allies (to be checked) are carved on their lower parts outwards, as well as on the pilasters of the parapet of the enclosure.. The well in the courtyard west of the house is of circular plan, made of cut stone, with wrought iron substructures.. . The fence of the park: taking the general but irregular form of a quadrilateral, it consists of a high wall of rubble, whose southern part, where the gate of the main entrance is located, is treated as a fortified enclosure. Preceded and put into perspective by moat filled with water, the portal is a monumental stone gate, flanked by two turrets in rubble (a 19th century addition). The carriageway door is surmounted by a curved pediment bearing the weapons of Keraveon largely illegible. A lateral poterne exists east of the oriental turret.. To the east of the gate, a low tower built of bells serves as a platform for monitoring the road to Keroret.. . The outbuildings: the stables are built south of the castle, following a neoclassical plan in double arc of circle on both sides of the central aisle. To the south, they are defended by ditches filled with water. Owned by the commune, they are very redesigned.. The farm, north of the castle is not spotted.. The caretaker's house, with on the west façade, uses a 16th century farm of Locoal-Mendon, is a pastiche of the 1930s.. The dovecote and orangery are the subject of sub dossiers. Owned by the department; owned by a private company
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Crédit photo : XIIIfromTOKYO - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Haut Moyen Âge
Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
900
1000
1300
1400
1700
1800
1900
2000
IXe siècle
Seigneurial origins
XIVe siècle (vers 1330-1350)
Construction of the first building
XVIIe siècle
Expansion of the castle
1761
Change of ownership
1795
Headquarters Hoche
1798
Restoration by Adelaide de Coislin
1822-1823
Tower renovation
19 novembre 1941
Registration for Historic Monuments
1992
Hotel closure
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The dovecote and the entrance gate (Box ZC 34b, 38b): registration by decree of 19 November 1941

Key figures

Pierre de Talhouët - Lord and Founder Builder of the first building (14th century).
Général Hoche - Military Commander Used the castle in 1795.
Adélaïde de Coislin de Botdéru - Restaurateur of the castle Repurchase and post-Revolution work.
Vicomte de Soussay - Owner in the 19th century Acquire the estate in 1847.
Ingénieurs des Ponts et Chaussées (Bondhore, Kerano) - Tower renovations Work of 1822-1823.

Origin and history

The castle of Keraveon, located in Erdeven in Morbihan, finds its origins in the 9th century as the seat of the seigneury of Keraveon. The first known building was attributed to Pierre de Talhouët in the 14th century, but it was in the 17th century that the castle took on its present form, before being profoundly redesigned in the 18th and 19th centuries. The site, owned by the Talhouët family until the 18th century, then passed into the hands of the Cambout de Coislin and was partially destroyed during the French Revolution.

In 1795 General Hoche used the castle as his headquarters in defence operations against Quiberon's landing. Fired by the Republican troops, he was bought in 1798 by Adelaide de Coislin de Botdéru, who began his restoration. In the 19th century, the five-storey tower was renovated (1822-1823) to serve as a home for coastal navigation, while the house body was extended and equipped with a gallery. The park, the commons and the moats are also being redeveloped, reflecting the neoclassical influence of the time.

The castle, surrounded by a triple enclosure (walls, moats, scauguettes), includes a seven-span main house, a five-storey rectangular dungeon, and a monumental portal inscribed in the Historic Monuments since 1941. The dovecote, also protected, dates from the 17th century. After belonging to the Viscount de Soussay in the 19th century, the estate became a luxury hotel in the 20th century before being abandoned in 1992. Today, part of the outbuildings, like the guardhouse, are run by the municipality.

The architecture of the castle combines medieval elements (donjon, scauguuettes) and neoclassical additions (galeries, frontons, common in arc of circle). The tower, renovated by the engineers of the Bridges and Chaussées, offers a lookout with a view to Lorient. The coat of arms of the Talhouët and Cambout families of Coislin, visible on the enclosures and the gate, recall the seigneurial history of the place. The park, open to the public, includes three bodies of water and alleys set in perspective by the monumental entrance.

Historical sources underline the strategic importance of the castle, especially during the Revolution, as well as its architectural evolution over the centuries. The cadastral plans of the 19th century attest to major changes, such as the integration of the dungeon into the house or the construction of neoclassical stables. In spite of the destructions and renovations, the castle of Keraveon remains a testimony of the social and architectural changes of Brittany, from the medieval to the modern era.

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