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Château De Careil
The Château de Careil is a fortified house in the ''Communes of France, commune'' of Guérande in the Loire-Atlantique ''Departments of France, département'' of France. History Constructed from the end of the 14th century, and enlarged in the 15th and 16th centuries, this manor house had originally a defensive function, as witnessed by the crenellation, crenellated Curtain wall (fortification), curtain wall which still exists. Under the Protestant Reformation, Reformation, it served as a place of worship for the Protestantism, Protestants established in the Guérande peninsula. For this reason, it was attacked and pillaged on 11 May 1589 by the Catholic League (French), Catholic League. In 1699, some time after the Edict of Fontainebleau, Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, the manor was seized and sold to a Catholic family. After becoming a restaurant in 1924, the site is currently a visitors' centre. A third wing of the building no longer exists; it was destroyed in an accide ...
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