Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Fort de la Conchée
Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Fort de la Conchée (cad. AH 6) : classement par arrêté du 13 septembre 1984
- Protection dates
- 1984/09/13 : classé MH
- Type
- fort
- Main period of construction
- 4e quart 17e siècle
- Dates
- 1692, 1695
- Architect or builder
- Vauban Sébastien Le Prestre de, marquis (ingénieur militaire)
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Saint-Malo
- Département
- Ille-et-Vilaine
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.68372, -2.04412
- Mérimée reference
- PA00090809
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1702 map "A new and correct draught of the CHANNELL between ENGLAND and FRANCE" (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Déserte jusqu'au 17e siècle, l'île devient avec Vauban l'un des points stratégiques de la côte pour protéger la presqu'île malouine des attaques anglaises. La Conchée fut fortifiée par Vauban de 1692 à 1695. C'était l'un des premiers travaux construits sur un rocher couvert par la mer. Il y avait un four à rougir les boulets. Le fort épouse la forme de l'île. Au niveau des souterrains se trouvent le corps de garde, les logements des canoniers, les magasins à vivres, le bois, la poudre ainsi que la chapelle et la prison. Les logements d'officiers sont situés au niveau de la plateforme. La grande terrasse est bordée de parapets percés d'embrasures pour les canons. Au niveau inférieur, un ensemble de pièces voûtées permettait aux canons de battre à fleur d'eau.
English translation
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History
Deserted until the 17th century, the island becomes with Vauban one of the strategic points of the coast to protect the Saint-Malo peninsula from English attacks. La Conchée was fortified by Vauban from 1692 to 1695. It was one of the first works built on a rock covered by the sea. There was a furnace for heating cannonballs. The fort follows the shape of the island. At the level of the underground passages are found the guardhouse, the quarters of the gunners, the food stores, the wood, the powder as well as the chapel and the prison. Officers' quarters are located at the level of the platform. The great terrace is bordered by parapets pierced with embrasures for cannons. At the lower level, a set of vaulted rooms allowed cannons to fire at water level.
Nearby in the register
- Phare du Grand-Jardinphare2 mi
- Fort du Petit Béfort2 mi
- Fort national et son enceintefort2 mi
- Tombeau de Chateaubriand et ensemble de l'îlot du Grand Bétombeau2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.