Château de Montmuran

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Le château en bref

Château de Montmuran lies in a rural hamlet of Les Iffs, north of Rennes, near Tinténiac. A former seigneurial stronghold, it retains two towers dating from the late twelfth century, later remodelled, one of which contains fourteenth-century bathhouses. Access is through a gatehouse rebuilt in the fifteenth century, flanked by these towers and preceded by a drawbridge, to which a chapel, also rebuilt at that time, is attached. The defensive layout having been abandoned in the seventeenth century, a residential building was erected in the eighteenth century, complemented by a pavilion, outbuildings, a kitchen garden wall, an avenue, a green court and a mall of lime trees; part of the buildings was rebuilt in the nineteenth century after a fire. The site is best known for its links with Bertrand du Guesclin, whom local tradition says was dubbed a knight in the chapel in 1354 and who is said to have married Jeanne de Laval-Châtillon there in 1373 or 1374. In 1547, Charlotte de Laval married Gaspard II de Coligny there. Listed as a monument historique in 2003, the château, which is privately owned, offers guided tours and hosts weddings and seminars.