Fort la Latte
| Fort la Latte | |
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 Fort la Latte |
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| Alternative name (s): | Château de la Roche Goyon |
| Creation time : | 13th Century |
| Castle type : | Rock castle |
| Conservation status: | Received or received substantial parts |
| Standing position : | Nobles |
| Place: | Cap Fréhel |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 40 '6.5 " N , 2 ° 17' 4" W |
Fort la Latte (also called Château de la Roche Goyon , Breton Roc'h Goueon ) is a castle in the municipality of Plévenon in Brittany . It sits enthroned on a narrow headland at the entrance to the Baye de la Fresnaye, about 4 km southeast of Cap Fréhel and 35 km from Saint-Malo .
history
The castle was built in the 13th century by the influential Goyon de Matignon family . In 1379 the castle was conquered by Bertrand du Guesclin and confiscated for Charles V.
By the Treaty of Guérande, its owners got the castle back as early as 1381.
In 1490 the castle was besieged by the English without success.
In 1597, in revenge, Saint-Laurent, a messenger from Duke de Mercœur, besieged the castle and occupied it. The castle, already called La Latte at that time, was set on fire and destroyed. Only the control room was spared at that time.
Garengeau (student of the famous military architect Vauban) was responsible for the fortification of the coast and the defense of Saint-Malo under Louis XIV . He took over the ruin and rebuilt it between 1690 and 1715 with the consent of the Matignons. Large parts of the structure of today's facility were built back then. In addition, the fortress was equipped with cannon batteries to protect ships sailing to Saint-Malo from attacks by English or Dutch attackers.
At the beginning of the 18th century the Goyon family gave the castle to the Ministry of War.
In 1793 the castle was expanded further, among other things a large furnace was built, which was used to heat the cannonballs to red embers before the shot. This spherical furnace has been preserved to this day.
During the reign of the Hundred Days in 1815, citizens of Saint-Malo tried to storm the castle, but without success. This was the last armed conflict at the fortress.
In the course of the 19th century the castle was abandoned on the orders of the War Ministry and only a "caretaker" remained. In 1892 the fortress became the private property of the Domaines.
It has been part of the French national monument protection regime since 1925. In 1931 the castle was restored and officially declared a historical monument.
The Doigt de Gargantua ( German called "Gargantuas Finger, Gargantuas Zahn" or Menhir de La Latte) is a menhir in the castle park of Fort La Latte.
Film set
In recent decades, the castle has often served as a film set for historical spectacles, for example for the film The Vikings with Kirk Douglas or the Sat.1 production Tristan und Isolde .
