Château de Landal

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Château de Landal, in Broualan, occupies the site of a modest 11th-century manor house, which was fortified in the 15th century and used as a garrison by the Dukes of Brittany during the Hundred Years' War. The main body is a 17th-century keep, heavily remodelled between 1848 and 1850, with a quadrangular plan flanked by four round towers, partly surrounded by old moats and a pond. Also surviving are the 14th-century Tour de France and two 15th-century towers on the north side, as well as a monumental châtelet designed by the architect Arthur Regnault (1899–1900). The 17th-century outbuildings feature admirable dormer windows with rounded pediments in granite. In 1758, English troops are said to have set the château on fire in reprisal for coastal raids. The estate passed through the Montsorel, Aubigné, Montauban, Rohan, Maure and Rochechouart-Mortemart families before Olivier de France acquired it in 1697, obtaining its elevation to a comté in 1716. The du Breil family owned it until 1892, when Maurice de Thomasson bought the estate. The façades and roofs are listed as monuments historiques.