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The Fort de la Conchée, a fortified islet situated two nautical miles north of the port of Saint-Malo, was built by Vauban from 1692 onwards to protect the city against English attacks, armed with six 48-pounder cannons. The deputy architect Siméon de Garrengeau designed eight firing chambers there beneath vaults nearly 2 m thick. Abandoned for more than forty years after the bombardments of the Second World War, it was bought in 1989 by a private restoration company, which has carried out a gradual reconstruction since 1990 (living quarters, roofs, ramparts, monumental staircase), largely completed in 2019. The fort holds the status of a monument historique and enjoys the support of the Ministry of Culture; still privately owned, it is occasionally open to the public.