Corps de garde des Daules

Guard house in Cancale

The Corps de garde des Daules (named after the Pointe des Daules , a headland ) in Cancale , a French commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany , was established in the 17th century. The guard house has been on the list of architectural monuments in France as Monument historique since 1955 .

The quarry stone building was erected under Vauban and is the last of its kind on this stretch of coast of the Côte d'Émeraude . The guard house consists of a barrel-vaulted living room and a rectangular watchtower, which has an outside staircase.

Web links

Commons : Corps de garde des Daules  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Corps de garde des Daules in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 41 ′ 50 "  N , 1 ° 52 ′ 51"  W.