Free visit of the Villa Kerlilon, in Larmor-Plage

Name: Free visit of the Villa Kerlilon, in Larmor-Plage
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Villa Kerlilon

Symbol of the history of the Lorient region, the Villa Kerlilon will be exceptionally open to the public during the JEP 2022.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

©Marine nationale

Villa Kerlilon in Larmor-Plage (Kernével - 56260)
Built in 1899 by architect Armand Charier, this villa served as a holiday residence for the Ouizille family until 1940 (owner of a sardine conservation plant until 1924). At the end of 1940, the Kerlilon villa was requisitioned by the Germans. On June 23, 1940, the CA Doënitz of the German Navy installed its PC in the Kerlilon villa. Marine charts covered the walls and small flags indicated the position of submarines, convoys and other key points. The command bunker is still intact to this day. The last Senior Command Staff meeting was held on 9 May 1945. After the war, the 3 nearby villas are rented to the National Navy, which houses its staff. Since 1945, Villa Kerlilon has been the exclusive residence of the Admiral Commandant of the Navy in Lorient.

About the location

Villa Kerlilon

Kernevel 56260 Larmor-Plage

Morbihan
Bretagne

This villa, built for the Ouzille family, had a famous destiny. Indeed, Admiral Dönitz, of the German army, appropriated it to lead the famous Battle of the Atlantic between 1940 and 1942\. From September 1944 to May 1945, the German General Staff occupied it as the seat of defence of the "pocket" of Lorient. Its military vocation continues in the 1950s as it houses the command of the military district of Lorient. Initially, it was a seaside villa, with a patchwork of architectural styles, ranging from the Mansart style for the roof, to the Renaissance style and the classicism of the seventeenth century.