French Castles Of Brittany

There are so many different areas of France that have so many wonderful French Castles that I wonder where to start looking first.

Unlike the French castles of the Loire with their magnificent splendour, Brittany's castles are in a minor league of their own, The people of Breton were very poor, so with their resources that they could get or they already had went mainly to build spiritual buildings, churches and parishes, rather than huge defensive buildings. Today there's hardly any remains of Brittany's first castles just a few pieces dotted here and there, even the wooded motte and the bailey forts from the middle ages have also gone. But when these castles started to be built from stone they could have stood a chance of survival. Brittany's material that they used and which was ideal was granite. But through the centuries the designs of these French castles changed due to the way that the armies fought, going from very lengthy sieges to artillery attacks. Then slowly the castles began to be built for domestic use, they made them more comfortable, and decorative with nice gardens. All of a sudden it brought a wealthy breed of people to Brittany.

So today what you see left of Brittany's French castles are mainly reconstructions of the original buildings. The reason behind these reconstructions is that the armies that did most of this damage, funnily enough, was actually Brittany's allies, and this major destruction was done when driving the enemy out.

Here are some wonderful artist pictures capturing French castles in all their glory. French Castles