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Fort de Penthièvre

France · 18th century

Founded
1748
Heritage status
monument historique inscrit
Location
Saint-Pierre-Quiberon
Coordinates
47.5435°, -3.13679°
Fort de Penthièvre in France
Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Fort de Penthièvre is a fortified work located in the French commune of Saint-Pierre-Quiberon in the department of Morbihan in the Brittany region.

Machine-translated from “Fort de Penthièvre” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Fort de Penthièvre ranks #5,003 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #414 of the 954 mapped in France. Founded 1748, it is older than 18% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 757 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,019 times in the last 60 days, more than 74% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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