Guided tours of the exterior of Pontivy Castle

Name: Visites guidées des extérieurs du château de Pontivy
Start: 2022-09-17T10:45:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:45:00+02:00
Location: Château de Pontivy

Discovery tours of the Rohan Castle

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

©Pontivy communauté - office de tourisme

Among the most powerful men in Brittany at the end of the Middle Ages, Viscount John II of Rohan, a member of the family of Anne of Brittany, demanded at the end of the 15th century the construction of a brand new castle to defend the capital from his viscount: Pontivy.
Closed following the collapse of 2014, the Pontivy Castle continues to give us its secrets.
The site’s safety protocol will not make it possible to discover the interiors, but these 45-minute visits will undoubtedly be a good way to put in mouth before larger discoveries, as soon as the conditions are met! (Individual access to the castle chapel as part of Art in the Chapels).

À propos du lieu

Château de Pontivy

63 rue du Général de Gaulle, 56300, Pontivy

Morbihan
Bretagne

The castle occupies the end of a headland and trains(forms) a quadrilateral with tours(towers,ballots) of angle, the whole was surrounded with dry ditches(gaps). All constructions go back up(raise) to the 15th century, with some additions and posterior transformations. It is by 1485 when he(it) was built by the viscount Jean of Rohan. Machicolations are granite, in braces with consoles in triple seated. The path round the battlements is crenellated and covered. The access to the courtyard is made by a still bridge(deck) which replaced the drawbridge. The west present face the main building and is flanked(thrown) of two big towers. In the floor of the path round the battlements, addition in the 16th century of small windows with acute(sharp) front walls(pediments). The wing in return, in the North, the present of particular(special) aptitude(arrangements) in facade to make easier the flow(selling) of waters. In the extension of the main building, bleachers lead(drive) to the outside(terrace) chapel. In the 18th century, modification of facades on court(yard).