Fort-la-Latte
Fort la Latte, or the Castle of the Rock Goyon (, ), is a castle in the northeast of Brittany, about southeast of Cap Fréhel and about west of Saint-Malo, in the commune of Plévenon, Côtes-d'Armor.
Key facts
- Military installation.name
- Fort la Latte
- Military installation.image
- Fort de La Latte.jpg
- Military installation.caption
- Castle of the Roche Goyon
- Military installation.native_name
- Castle of the Roche Goyon
- Military installation.built
- 1340
- Military installation.location
- Plévenon
- Military installation.country
- France
- Military installation.builder
- Siméon Garengeau
- Military installation.ownership
- Joüon Des Longrais
- Military installation.occupants
- Étienne III Goyon
- Military installation.map_type
- France
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Location
- Festival
- Description
- Barbican
- The courtyard
- The cistern
- The cannons
- Oven to 'Blush' the balls
- The keep
- The menhir of La Latte
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- See also
- References
- External links
Fort la Latte, or the Castle of the Rock Goyon (, ), is a castle in the northeast of Brittany, about southeast of Cap Fréhel and about west of Saint-Malo, in the commune of Plévenon, Côtes-d'Armor.
It is a famous tourist attraction of the bay of Saint-Malo and the Emerald Coast (France) Côte d'Émeraude. This impressive castle was built on a small piece of land at the Bay of the Fresnay in the 14th century. Various films have been shot at this site, including The Vikings (1958) by Richard Fleischer with Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis. It also features in the French band Manau's video for "La Tribu de Dana." A much larger, fictionalized version of the fort appears in the 2015 animated film April and the Extraordinary World.