The Château Couëlan of Caulnes !!

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I am back into my best mode, road warrior! I am looking to find new areas not visited or hardly passing by for a more in depth look, and I am thrill to share it with the world! I came to Caulnes. The town is  located in the department 22 of Côtes-d’Armor in my lovely Bretagne region, It is located 47 km from Rennes, 54 km from Saint Malo, and 108 km from my house. I walked around town just to see and learn in my road warrior mode ! Therefore, let me tell you about the Château Couëlan of Caulnes !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

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The town of Caulnes is a dismemberment of the ancient primitive Gallo-Roman parish of Yvignac. Caulnes (Cauno) first mentioned in 1181, It is on the Rennes – Saint-Brieuc axis of the road N12. It is ,also, serve by the TER trains Brest – Rennes – Paris line ,gare de Caulnes train station.

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The Château Couëlan castle and its park in the lieu dit or place of Guitté on the D25 road 6 km from Caulnes, The first castle was built at the beginning of the 15C. There remains a surrounding building and the base of the keep. The Castle, occupied by the Republicans and the Chouans, was very damaged. The property was purchased in 1936 by Commander Dorange and his wife, who undertook its restoration, piece by piece, roof by roof, from building to building, and this continues to this day. In a 5-hectare park, numerous buildings from the 15C, 17C ; and 18C, French-style terraced garden, English-style park, vegetable garden, orchard, Large 18C bower: Yew planted under Louis XIII, 500-year-old oak, Numerous rare and centuries-old trees (purple beech, ginko biloba, American walnut, magnolia grandiflora), numerous old rose bushes, numerous and imposing clumps of rhododendrons on the edge of the Rance valley in the middle of the woods.

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Other thing to see here is the Manoir du Verger ; inside, the ground floor retains Louis XVI style woodwork, as well as a large door and a fireplace with a wooden mantle, Renaissance, from a castle in the Loire. The date of construction of the manor is unknown . It was already inhabited in 1536. The construction seems to date from the 18C for the western part to the center. The castle would have been finished during the reign of King Louis XVI in the same style, Property of the Kertusso family in 1536 and until the French revolution, It is a private property and very deep into the lieu dit Verger, Others are several nice old wooden houses here such as one from the 18C, located at No. 8 route de Dinan. This house, which apparently dates from 1756, was restored in the 19C. See the houses of Barbotais (18C), Clémiclé (1710), Clos-Jeanny (1757), Gaudinais (1753), du Grand-Buisson (1714), de la Houssais (1739), and de la Ville-es-Vilandre (1734).

The Town of Caulnes on its heritage : https://caulnes.fr/mairie-de-caulnes/patrimoine/

The Caulnes tourist site on the parc castle of Couëlan : http://caulnes.tourisme.free.fr/patrimoine-chateau.html

There you go folks, another nice monument for all to see, and enjoy, The ride was wonderful in country roads the real life of France ! I bring you the Château Couëlan of Caulnes !! Again, hope you enjoy the post as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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