Fort-la-Latte
or Castle of La Latte is a castle located about 4 km southeast
of Cap Fréhel and about 35 km west of Saint-Malo,
Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France. This impressive castle was built on
a small piece of land at the Baie de la Fresnaye in the 13th century.
The
house of the mighty Goyon-Matignon built at this sit a castle in the
13th century. In the year 1379 it was conquered by Bertrand du
Guesclin. It was besieged by the English in 1490 and by the holy
League in 1597. Garangeau under the reign of Louis XIV turned it into
a fortress, using Vauban's building plans. They used canon batteries,
stationed in Fort La Latte, to defend Saint-Malo against English and
Dutch attacks. In the year 1793, a melting furnace for cannon balls
was built and some counter-revolutionary suspects were imprisoned at
Fort la Latte. The last attack happened in 1815 during the Hundred
Days (French Cent-Jours) (also known as the Waterloo Campaign, it
describes Napoleons return to power between 20 March 1815 to 28 June
1815), when a few men from Saint-Malo unsuccessfully attacked the
castle.
Various
films have been shot at this site, including The Vikings (1958 by
Richard Fleischer) with Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis.
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