France · 6th century
The Château de Joyeuse Garde is the site of a castle associated with Joyous Gard from Arthurian legend. Its ruins in the town of La Forest-Landerneau in Brittany date to the 6th century. It was listed as a monument historique on 6 October 1975.
The castle is the subject of "Joyeuse Garde", an 1859 poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne.
Text adapted from “Château de Joyeuse Garde” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Château de Joyeuse Garde ranks #5,696 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #508 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded c. 600, it is older than 96% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 39 atlas entries founded in the 6th century. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Brest (France), 13 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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