Castle rebuilt in 1474 by Pierre Landais, treasurer to François II, Duke of Brittany (father of Anne de Bretagne).
All that remains today are the remains of three towers of the Château de Pierre Landais, which may have been the successor to one or more castles. The castle was rectangular (32 metres by 35 metres) and had 6 towers plus 2 drawbridge access towers. It was rebuilt by Pierre Landais in 1474. The towers and walls were crowned with battlements and machicolations, and surmounted by a covered curtain wall forming a projecting tier through which defenders could walk in the event of a siege. In the Middle Ages, Le Loroux was a small fortified town surrounded by ramparts and closed by 5 gates (Abbé, Papin, Bernard, Salmon, Bourgogne). These walls, pierced by at least 5 gates, extended for 700 to 800 m, in an oval measuring 300 m by 180 m, roughly east-west from the castle, and enclosed around 4 ha.
A pleasant walk along these ramparts and the pond bordering the castle|
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Free access all year round|
Tours of the town for groups on request from the Tourist Office: 02.40.54.24.22
A pleasant walk along these ramparts and the pond bordering the castle|
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Free access all year round|
Tours of the town for groups on request from the Tourist Office: 02.40.54.24.22
