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Forges de Lanouée

Les Forges, Morbihan, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Le haut-fourneau, en totalité (cad. H 1067) : inscription par arrêté du 16 décembre 2003
Protection dates
2003/12/16 : inscrit MH
Type
grosse forge
Main period of construction
2e moitié 18e siècle
Ownership
propriété d'une société privée
Commune
Les Forges
Département
Morbihan
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.01806, -2.64914
Mérimée reference
PA56000056

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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1708 map "Le Bretagne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Les forges de Lanouée, un des sites industriels les plus importants de Bretagne, ont fonctionné de 1760 à 1864. De cette époque subsiste le haut-fourneau. Le site actuel comprend divers bâtiments répartis dans un parc : la chapelle de 1760 devenue église paroissiale en 1901, l'ancienne demeure du maître des forges, des communs, un jardin à la française avec bassin et nymphée, les logements, les bâtiments de service, le haut-fourneau, la ferme. Un canal de navigation, aboutissant au canal reliant Nantes à Brest, a été créé en 1857 pour le transport des produits.

English translation

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The forges of Lanouée, one of the most important industrial sites in Brittany, operated from 1760 to 1864. From this period the blast furnace survives. The current site comprises various buildings distributed throughout a park: the chapel of 1760 which became a parish church in 1901, the former residence of the master of the forges, outbuildings, a French garden with basin and nymphaeum, the dwellings, the service buildings, the blast furnace, the farm. A navigation canal, connecting to the canal linking Nantes to Brest, was created in 1857 for the transport of products.

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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