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Fort du Cabellou

Concarneau, Finistère, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Le fort (cad. AM 74) : classement par arrêté du 28 novembre 1962
Protection dates
1962/11/28 : classé MH
Type
fort
Main period of construction
17e siècle
Architect or builder
Vauban Sébastien Le Prestre de, marquis (ingénieur militaire)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
allée du Fort
Commune
Concarneau
Département
Finistère
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
47.85595, -3.91874
Mérimée reference
PA00089893

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 7: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Construction comportant un simple corps de garde voûté en berceau et couvert en pierre. Un escalier extérieur donne accès au poste de guet. Ce fort fait partie des petits postes de garde édifiés pour la défense des côtes.

English translation

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Construction comprising a simple guard room with barrel vault and covered in stone. An exterior staircase gives access to the watch post. This fort is part of the small guard posts built for the defence of the coasts.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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