Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Vestiges du château de Joyeuse Garde
La Forest-Landerneau, Finistère, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Château de Joyeuse Garde (vestiges) (cad. A 836) : classement par arrêté du 6 octobre 1975
- Protection dates
- 1975/10/06 : classé MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- La Forest-Landerneau
- Département
- Finistère
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.42414, -4.31568
- Mérimée reference
- PA00089961
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — Géoportail
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 3: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
La fondation remonterait au 6e siècle. En 1548, le château est dit ruiné. Le château aurait servi de cadre à la légende arthurienne.
English translation
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History
The foundation is said to date back to the 6th century. In 1548, the château is said to be in ruins. The château is said to have served as a setting for Arthurian legend.
Nearby in the register
- Tumulustumulus2 mi
- Manoir de la Grande Paludmanoir2 mi
- Manoir de la Hayemanoir2 mi
- Église Sainte-Beuzit de Beuzit-Conoganéglise2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.