Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
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
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 7: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
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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History
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
- Immeublesimmeubleunder 1 mi
- Ancienne caserne Hervocaserne1 mi
- Remparts de la Ville Closefortification d'agglomération1 mi
- Poudrière de la Ville closeDénomination non renseignée1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.