Palais enceinte

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Le château en bref

The town walls of Le Palais, on Belle-Île-en-Mer, enclose the town of Le Palais as a complement to the citadel. Vauban proposed a bastioned design in 1683, which was not carried out in his lifetime. The British siege of 1761 exposed the weakness of the fortifications to the south. Work resumed under the First Empire (plans by General Marescot, Bangor Gate, 1803–1808), was suspended and then resumed under the Second Empire, with the Locmaria and Vauban Gates and the Beausoleil outwork (1866–1870). The walls comprise curtain walls, a redoubt, a covered way and a glacis. They were listed in 2000 and classified in 2004; the commune owns them.