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The Château de Trévarez is a stately home in the
Official website of the Château de Trévarez
Châteaux in Finistère Monuments historiques of Finistère {{france-castle-stub
commune
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of Saint-Goazec
Saint-Goazec (; br, Sant-Wazeg) in commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Saint-Goazec are called in French ''Saint-Goaziens''. The commune's population peaks in 1906.
Geography
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in Finistère
Finistère (, ; br, Penn-ar-Bed ) is a department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.
, in Brittany
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, France.
The former manor house was built in the 16th century (the west part) and the 17th century (the east part). The present structure was commissioned by James de Kerjégu, Chairman of the General Council of Finistère, and built at the end of the 19th century by the French architect Walter-André Destailleur
Walter-André Destailleur (born in Thais, Seine, 12 June 1867 – died March 1940) was a French architect, who designed and built the Château de Trévarez (1893–1907). He was the son of the architect Hippolyte Destailleur
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Trévarez is one of the most recent châteaux built in France. Construction was completed around the beginning of the twentieth century. In 1941, the château was taken over by the German occupying forces. The castle was bombed on 30 July 1944 by the Royal Air Force
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.
Location and style
The château is located on a promontory overlooking the valley of Aulne, canalised as part of the Nantes-Brest Canal. Its architecture is a combination of traditional style and technological innovations.
Protection
The château is partly listed as a ''monument historique
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'' by the French Ministry of Culture
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. The park and gardens are also listed on the Ministry's database and are open to the public.
See also
*List of châteaux in Brittany
This article is a list of châteaux in Brittany, France.
Côtes-d'Armor
''Former Duchy of Brittany'', Departement 22.
* Château de Bienassis, 15th and 16th centuries at Erquy. Park and gardens. Classified as a Historic Monument.
* Ch ...
References
External links
* *Official website of the Château de Trévarez
Châteaux in Finistère Monuments historiques of Finistère {{france-castle-stub