Château de Fougères (foreground) and the village of Fougères (above)

The main gate. Tour de Guémadeuc, Tour de La-Haye-Saint-Hilaire, and Tour du Hallay (Left to Right)

Tour de Plesguen and Tour de la Trémoille (right) form the Barbican, a trap with a floodable moat.

View toward Tour des Gobelins (far right)

Tour Raoul (left) and Tour Surriene (right)

Château de Fougères

October 21, 2023 in France ⋅ 🌧 52 °F

Today, we stopped at Château de Fougères on our drive to Le Havre. The castle is strategically situated at the historic border of Brittany, Normandy, and France. The original castle was built in the mid 12th century by Raoul II, Lord of Fougères with expansions and additional towers constructed during the 13th-15th century. It is the largest medieval fortress in Europe, with a total of 13 towers. It was the site of numerous battles in the 11th-15th centuries known as the Breton Marches.Read more