Château de La Guyomarais

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Le château en bref

The Château de la Guyomarais, in Saint-Denoual (Côtes-d'Armor), was built in granite in the 15th century on the ruins of an earlier feudal fortress, of which only the tower and the moats survive; its present façade dates from the 17th century, connecting wings were added in the 19th century, and a chapel was built in the 20th century using stones from a chapel destroyed during the Revolution, salvaged by Count Henry de Slade. The château is inseparable from the memory of Armand Tuffin, Marquis de La Rouërie, an officer who fought alongside George Washington during the American War of Independence before leading the Breton Chouannerie: injured in a fall from his horse, he took refuge there in 1793 and died there; the revolutionaries, having made the gardener Perrin talk while he was under the influence of alcohol, discovered his burial place, beheaded his remains and had the inhabitants of the château executed in Paris. Owned by the descendants of Casimir de la Guyomarais for more than three hundred years, the estate now belongs to the de la Blanchardière family. A commemorative gathering is held there every 30 January in tribute to La Rouërie; a stele donated by the United States stands there.