European Heritage Days at Kerjean Castle

Name: European Heritage Days at Kerjean Castle
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château de Kerjean

Two days to discover our 5 sites and make the full of activities! We are waiting for you for these days that celebrate the importance of heritage and are a highlight to share with you!

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

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The theme of this new edition of the European Heritage Days will be "Sustainable Heritage".
Our five sites that open their doors for free on this occasion offer many activities throughout the weekend to allow you to explore sometimes the annual theme, sometimes the plural riches of our sites.
The five sites of Chemins du patrimoine in Finistère: the Abbaye de Daoulas, the Château de Kerjean, the Manoir de Kernault, the Abbaye du Relec and the Domaine de Trévarez – are open for free for these two days.

About the location

Château de Kerjean

Château de Kerjean, 29440, Saint-Vougay

Finistère
Bretagne

The construction of the current castle begins probably by 1542 and is finished(ended) probably not at the end of the century. An influence of Philibert de l' Orme is disclosed there. Built on a quadrangular plan, he is endowed with ramparts and with four tours(towers,ballots) of angle which certify his military role, moreover badly known. Works made at the beginning of the 18th century are followed by a progressive degradation and ruins after 1755 (destruction of the northeast detached house(flag)), agravée by revolutionary depredation. Preserved more or less in the course of the 19th century, the castle of Kerjean is acquired by the State and classified as "Historic Monument" in 1911\. He(It) shelters from now on the Breton Museum.