Château de la Roche-Jagu

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Château de la Roche-Jagu, in Ploëzal (Côtes-d'Armor), a typical Breton manor house overlooking the Trieux valley, was largely built before 1451 by the knight banneret Roland Péan, its first documented lord. The estate passed to his son Pierre Péan, killed at the Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier in 1488, and then to his daughter Françoise Péan (1472-1555), lady of La Roche-Jagu, whose marriage linked it to the Acigné family. Sold in 1773 by the Maréchal de Richelieu to Madame Le Gonidec de Tressan, it was eventually bequeathed to the State by its last private owner, Viscount Gaëtan d'Alès. The building, consisting of a single range one room deep, retains on the first floor its mullioned windows and a large early 15th-century fireplace; the kitchen is the only room preserved in its original state. Restored in 1968 and then, in terms of its landscape, by Bertrand Paulet in 1987 after a devastating storm, the departmental estate now offers tours of the château (seasonal, from 8 May to 6 October) and free, open access to its park all year round, as well as open-air shows and concerts.