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Fortifications de la ville : Parc à boulets

Port-Louis, Morbihan, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Parc à boulets (cad. AD 448) : inscription par arrêté du 21 mai 1999
Protection dates
1999/05/21 : inscrit MH
Type
fortification d'agglomération, magasin de munitions
Main period of construction
2e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1848
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
rue de l'Hôpital
Commune
Port-Louis
Département
Morbihan
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
47.70458, -3.35533
Mérimée reference
PA56000025

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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "Le Port Louis : Autrefois Blavet" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Pour l'historique des fortifications, voir notice PA00091585. Situé au Lohic, au voisinage de la tour des Prisonniers, le parc à boulets fut construit en 1848 sur un terrain cédé par la ville à l'autorité millitaire. Il s'ajoutait au parc déjà existant dans la citadelle. Enclos de plan rectangulaire constitué de murs de moellons de granit, il était entouré d'arbres plantés par l'ingénieur Louis Lazare d'Ajot en 1773.

English translation

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For the history of the fortifications, see notice PA00091585. Located at Lohic, in the vicinity of the Prisoners' Tower, the shot yard was built in 1848 on land ceded by the city to the military authority. It was added to the yard already existing in the citadel. Enclosed rectangular plan consisting of granite rubble stone walls, it was surrounded by trees planted by engineer Louis Lazare d'Ajot in 1773.

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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