Walled town of Concarneau
Walled town of Concarneau | |
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Ville close de Concarneau | |
General information | |
Type | Walled town |
Town or city | Concarneau |
Country | France |
Coordinates | 47°52′18″N 3°54′59″W / 47.871674°N 3.916266°W |
Elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
Construction started | 15th century 16th century |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban |
Website | |
Official website |
The Walled town of Concarneau is a walled town built in the 15th and 16th century in Concarneau.[1][2]
History
Description
Museums
- Musée de la pêche de Concarneau (Museum of Fishing)
Gallery
- The medieval walled town (overfly).
- The medieval walled town and Concarneau (overfly).
- The medieval walled town.
- The medieval walled town.
- Inside the city.
- Saint-Guénolé's Church.
- Inside the city.
- Map of the city.
References
- ^ Base Mérimée: PA00089889 : Ancienne caserne Hervo, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: PA00089895 : Remparts de la Ville Close, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Bibliography
- Jean Moreau (1836). Schwartz & Gagnot (ed.). Histoire de ce qui s'est passé en Bretagne durant les guerres de la Ligue et particulièrement dans le diocèse de Cornouaille (in French). p. 356.
- Christophe-Paulin de La Poix Fréminville (1832). Lefournier et Deperiers (ed.). Antiquités de la Bretagne: Finistère (in French). Vol. 1. p. 326. 25.
- Collectif (1998). Flohic (ed.). Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (in French). p. 1565. ISBN 2-84234-039-6. Flohic.
- Roger Frey (2013). "Étymologie et histoire de Concarneau" (in French). infobretagne.com. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- Louis-Pierre Le Maître (2003). Palantines (ed.). Concarneau, histoire d'une ville (in French). p. 221. ISBN 978-2911434259.
- Paul Nédellec (22 November 1936). "Concarneau, ville de joie". La Croix (in French). No. 16495. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- J. Trévédy (1990) [1908], Res Universis/Le livre d'histoire-Lorisse (ed.), Essai sur l'histoire de Concarneau, Monographies des villes et villages de France (in French), p. 204, ISBN 2-87760-280-X, ISSN 0993-7129