List of castles in Brittany explained

This list of castles in Brittany is a list of medieval castles or château forts in the region in western France.

Links in italics are links to articles in the French Wikipedia.

Côtes-d'Armor

Castles of which little or nothing remains include Château de Montafilan.

Name
Date
Condition
ImageOwnership
/ Access
Notes
Château de Dinan130114th centurySubstantially intactCommuneHouses local museum.
Fort-la-Latte130114th centurySubstantially intactSurviving drawbridge.
Château du Guildo110112-14th centuryRuins
Château de La Hunaudaye120113-15th centuryRuins
Château de Guingamp140115th century
Château de La Roche-Jagu14181418Intact
Château de Tonquédec140115th centuryRuins

Finistère

Castles of which little or nothing remains include Château de Joyeuse Garde and Château de Rustéphan.

Name
Date
Condition
ImageOwnership
/ Access
Notes
Château de Brest100111-17th centuryIntactOn site of Roman fort, military fortress until 20th century.
Château de Châteaulin90110th centuryRuinsDestroyed by the English in 1373.
Château de Kerjean15401540s-1590sSubstantially intactDamaged during the French Revolution, restored in the 20th and 21st century.
Château de Kérouzéré140115-17th centuryIntactBesieged in 1590 during the French Wars of Religion, rebuilt c.1600.
Château du Taureau150116-17th century.Substantially intactBuilt 1542, redesigned by Vauban 1689.
Château de Trémazan120113-14th centuryRuinsPartially collapsed 1995.

Ille-et-Vilaine

Name
Date
Condition
ImageOwnership
/ Access
Notes
Château de Bonnefontaine100111-16th centuryRebuilt
Château de Combourg100111-15th centuryIntactPrivate (open to the public)Childhood home of François-René de Chateaubriand.
Château de Fougères100112-15th centurySubstantially intact
Château de Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier120113th century.Ruins
Château de Saint-Malo140115-18th centuryRestoredCommune
Solidor Tower13691369-82IntactFormerly used as a gaol, now a museum.
Château de Vitré120113-15th centuryRestoredCommuneAbandoned 17th century, damaged by fire 18th century, restored from 1875.

Morbihan

Name
Date
Condition
ImageOwnership
/ Access
Notes
Château de ComperRebuiltDismantled 1598, rebuilt 19th century.
Château de Josselin130114th centurySubstantially intactPartially demolished in 1629 on orders of Cardinal Richelieu, four of the original nine towers remain.
Château de Largoët120113-15th centuryRuins
Château du Plessis-Josso130114-16th centuryIntact
Château de Pontivy140115-16th centuryIntactAlso known as the Château des Rohan.
Château de Suscinio120113-15th centuryRestoredDépartement Restored from ruin after 1965, built as residence of the Duke of Brittany.
Château de Trécesson140115th centuryIntactPrivate

See also