Château de Combourg

The foundation of the château de Combourg, which in its present state dates from the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, goes back to the year 1016. It was the work of Junken, bishop of Dol de Bretagne. It first belonged to the Du Guesclin family then in the eighteenth century to the Count of Chateaubriand. From outside, it appears as a powerful fortress with its four massive pepper-pot-capped towers, crenellated wall-walk and thick walls pierced with narrow openings. The interior was redeveloped in 1876. You visit in turn the chapel, the great drawing room now split into two rooms, the Archives room where mementoes of the illustrious writer François-René de Chateaubriand are displayed (autographs, furniture, decoration...) and, in the Cat tower, the austere bedroom of his childhood.

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