Château du Pérennou

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Le château en bref

The Château du Pérennou, in Plomelin (Finistère) near Quimper, takes its name from the Breton « Perennoù » (pear trees), in reference to the large trees that once characterised the seigneury. Originally a classic manor house with a French formal garden, equipped with a feudal motte and a dovecote, it was abandoned at the Revolution before a first restoration began in 1805, completed in 1819. Around 1895, it was profoundly transformed in the neo-Gothic style, with four round towers, a keep on corbels, a private chapel, crenellated towers and small turrets. Remains of Gallo-Roman baths were uncovered on the estate in 1833. The park, transformed into an English landscape garden in the early 19th century, contains rare species (sequoias, magnolias, Oriental plane trees, ginkgoes). The du Marhallac'h family, owners since 1789, made it the family seat, the only estate remaining after the Revolution.