Château de la Hunaudaye

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Le château en bref

The Château de la Hunaudaye, in Plédéliac (Côtes-d'Armor), was built around 1220 by Olivier Tournemine to guard the eastern border of Penthièvre. Destroyed during the War of the Breton Succession (1341), it was rebuilt at the end of the 14th century by Pierre Tournemine using the military techniques of his day: the three main towers and the present main residential building (corps de logis) date from this campaign. In the early 17th century, a Renaissance staircase was added to the west wing of the residence, at a time when the fortune of the Tournemine family — who received the title of Baron of la Hunaudaye in 1487 and then held more than eighty parishes in Trégor and the Nantes region — was beginning to decline. Listed as a Monument historique in 1922 and 1930, the castle, long left as dangerous ruins, has been stabilised and reopened to the public thanks to an association founded in 1977; today it offers individual, family and group visits, as well as events (birthdays, weddings, venue hire) and educational programmes.