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Le château en bref
On the banks of the Oust, in east-central Morbihan, the Château des Forges de Lanouée is the residence of the masters of one of the most important ironworks of Ancien Régime Brittany, founded in 1756 by the Rohan family. A first master's house, built in the 1760s, was profoundly transformed in the 19th century: lengthened and deepened in the middle of the century, then framed by two symmetrical pavilions, the main house adopted a neo-Louis XIII style in brick with limestone quoins and surrounds, under a slate roof. The five-bay central block serves the reception rooms around a vast entrance hall with a wooden staircase; the old kitchen survives in the basement. Around the château, the chapel, workers' housing, the foreman's house, the "ambulance", the formal gardens with a pool and nymphaeum, and the hydroelectric plant bear witness to the estate's conversion to agriculture in the 20th century. The whole ensemble, listed as a historic monument in 2007, is private property.