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Château de Fort La Latte
Fort La Latte stands on a rocky headland in the commune of Plévenon, near Cap Fréhel, with an open view over the Channel and the Emerald Coast. Its construction began in 1340 at the instigation of Étienne III Goüyon, and the keep was completed between 1365 and 1370. In 1379, Bertrand Du Guesclin besieged it. The castle was attacked and partly burned in 1597, during the wars of religion, then modernised under Louis XIV with bastions.
Access is by two drawbridges, crossing rocky crevasses, through a barbican then a second guardhouse. Inside you can see the keep with machicolations, a 20,000-litre cistern, necessary on granite ground, a furnace for heating cannonballs, a low battery and a seventeenth-century chapel.
The fort then fell into disrepair, until its purchase in 1931 by Frédéric Joüon des Longrais, who restored it. It still belongs to his family. A listed historic monument, it has served as a setting for several films, including "The Vikings" in 1958. Opening dates should be checked with the official website.
