Château de Kermadio

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Near Auray, in the commune of Pluneret in Morbihan, Kermadio Castle is a large residence dating from the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century, whose builder remains unknown. It consists of a vast main building flanked by two square towers, beneath imposing roofs pierced with dormer windows, and its façade is embellished with an exterior staircase with a wrought-iron balustrade. Its reputation rests on the Comtesse de Ségur: in 1860, her son-in-law Armand Fresneau bought the estate, and the novelist stayed there on numerous occasions. She took refuge there in 1870 during the siege of Paris, and she now rests in the cemetery of Pluneret. Tradition has it that she drew on Kermadio for the inspiration behind several of her books, although this has not been established. The estate later belonged to the Bonchamp family, then to the Compagnie des forges de Châtillon, which turned it into a holiday centre in the 1960-1970 period. Listed in the Inventaire du patrimoine de Bretagne, but not protected as a monument historique, it now offers apartments for rent within a leisure estate.