Château de Dinan

Dinan has many medieval ruins including almost intact ramparts and the "castle of Duchess Anne". Largely built in the late fourteenth century, it is a very good example of an inhabited keep, powerfully fortified while presenting on several levels a complete apartment for the duke and his retinue. It perfectly illustrates the principle of superimposed rooms: a common hall on the lower floor, the upper rooms being reserved for important persons. A private chapel communicates with one of the upper rooms. Dinan, town and castle, belonged to the Dinan family until the thirteenth century, when the dukes seized it. Joan of Penthièvre resided there during the civil war in which a famous courtly episode took place, during which, during a siege, Bertrand du Guesclin and Thomas of Canterbury entered the lists and jousted before the town walls.

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