Guided tours of Clisson Castle

Name: Guided tours of Clisson Castle
Start: 2022-09-17T10:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château departemental de clisson

For a long time an impregnable fortress, Clisson Castle is a model of a fortified castle.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Visit time: 30 min. Free, subject to availability

On the occasion of this great cultural event, the entrance and guided tours of the castle are free for all!

Flash Guided Tours

The keys to the castle
30 minutes top chrono to become incollable on the history of this medieval castle. > 11h, 12h, 14h, 15h, 16h and 17h.
What’s new?
To know all the restorations carried out to preserve this fortress and the latest discoveries following the archaeological excavations. > 11.30, 12.30, 14.30, 15.30, 16.30 and 17.30.
For a long time an impregnable fortress, Clisson Castle is a model of a fortified castle.
Built by the powerful Clisson family from the 12th century, this castle becomes in the 15th century a strategic point protecting the border of the Duchy of Brittany. It was burned down during the Vendée War. In 1807, the artist François-Frédéric Lemot, sensitive to medieval ruins, bought the castle in order to preserve it from total destruction. The sculptor is thus one of the precursors of heritage protection. This building was classified in 1924 as a historical monument while it was still the property of the descendants of François-Frédéric Lemot. The latter transferred it to the Department of Loire-Atlantique in 1962. The monument still retains many examples of defensive architecture: archers, gunboats, stunners, etc.

About the location

Château departemental de clisson

Place du Minage, 44190 Clisson

Loire-Atlantique
Pays de la Loire

On a barred spur overlooking the Sèvre (at its confluence with the Moine) and its crossing, the castle was implanted in the first half of the thirteenth. Border since the middle of the 9th century between Brittany and Kingdom of France. The constable of Charles VI (after Dugesclin) Olivier IV of Clisson (1336-1407) makes rise the city enclosure with towers and three city gates. From this enclosure of the second half of the fourteenth. (later taken over), remain visible only vestiges (Saint-Jacques gate, Cul Chaud tower, round tower. ) From 1460, in the general framework of the modernization of the fortifications of his duchy which he knows threatened by the aims of the King of France, the Duke of Brittany, François II built a second rectangular enclosure flanked by large artillery towers, slow N-E to S-E, judging by the clear differences in styles and characteristics. The South Front, completed the last one, in haste, seems to be much more modern. This enclosure will then be covered by

Guided tours of Clisson Castle

Flash Guided Tours

What’s new?To know all the restorations carried out to preserve this fortress and the latest discoveries following the archaeological excavations. > 11.30, 12.30, 14.30, 15.30, 16.30 and 17.30.

About the location

What’s new?
To know all the restorations carried out to preserve this fortress and the latest discoveries following the archaeological excavations. > 11.30, 12.30, 14.30, 15.30, 16.30 and 17.30.