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Fort de Taillefer

Le Palais, Morbihan, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Ensemble des ouvrages militaires du fort (cad. ZD 462, 463, 466 à 469 ) : inscription par arrêté du 30 octobre 2000
Protection dates
2000/10/30 : inscrit MH
Type
fort
Main period of construction
19e siècle
Dates
1860, 1890
Ownership
propriété de l'État
Commune
Le Palais
Département
Morbihan
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
47.36380, -3.15806
Mérimée reference
PA56000042

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1764 map "Carte de Belle-Isle et les isles d'Houat et d'Hedic." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

1860 : construction du réduit. 1880-1882 : aménagement de la batterie en fonction de l'artillerie rayée. 1890-1892 : nouveaux aménagements en fonction des obus-torpilles. 1915 : désarmement. 1930 : réorganisation pour quatre pièces de 138 m en cuves. 1940 : désarmement.

English translation

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1860: construction of the redoubt. 1880-1882: conversion of the battery in function of rifled artillery. 1890-1892: new conversions in function of torpedo shells. 1915: disarmament. 1930: reorganization for four pieces of 138 m in casemates. 1940: disarmament.

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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