"Lightning" tour of the Groulaie castle

Name: Visita "relámpago" del castillo de la Groulaie
Start: 2022-09-17T10:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:20:00+02:00
Location: CHÂTEAU DE LA GROULAIE

Lightning tours of the castle led by a city heritage officer lasting 20 minutes every hour

17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

Mairie de Blain

Every hour, a visit called «lightning» will direct you on the major points of interest of this centuries-old fortress, home of the Rohan, powerful seigneurial family of Brittany. In less than 20 minutes, a city heritage agent will reveal the history of the castle and answer all your questions. A free visit of the tower and the rooms of the castle follows. Go to the stand located in the courtyard. Without reservation.

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Visite commentée / Conférence

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Gratuit

About the location

CHÂTEAU DE LA GROULAIE

6, allée Olivier de Clisson, Blain

Loire-Atlantique
Pays de la Loire

According to an Edit "Ce chasteau fust basti par le Duc Alain FERGENT de 1100 à 1108". Duc JEAN de BRETAGNE invests the castle in 1262\. Four towers are razed. The ruins are raised from 1262 to 1320 by OLIVIER II the Young who built the little Chastel. At the end of the XVè JEAN II of ROHAN embellishes the Logis du Roi et de la Reine, built the chapel and the fence walls. The castle underwent the siege of 1591 ordered by MERCOEUR. In the seventeenth, it was dismantled by order of RICHELIEU but did not suffer too much at the Revolution then was the object of restorations of Marquis PÂREINTY THOLOZAN and Prince Georges of GREECE.