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Château de Kerjean, the Glossary

Château de Kerjean is a 16th-century fortified chateau (manor house) located close to the town of Saint-Vougay, in the Finistère department of Brittany, France.^[1]

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15 relations: Bastion, Brest, France, Brittany, Casemate, Château, Dovecote, Finistère, French Revolution, List of castles in Brittany, Manor house, Marquess, Monument historique, Reign of Terror, Renaissance architecture, Saint-Vougay.
Châteaux in Finistère
Monuments historiques of Finistère
Renaissance architecture in France

Bastion

A bastion or bulwark is a structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of a fortification, most commonly angular in shape and positioned at the corners of the fort.

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Brest, France

Brest is a port city in the Finistère department, Brittany.

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Brittany (Bretagne,; Breizh,; Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.

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Casemate

A casemate is a fortified gun emplacement or armored structure from which guns are fired, in a fortification, warship, or armoured fighting vehicle.

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Château

A château (plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.

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Dovecote

A dovecote or dovecot, doocot (Scots) or columbarium is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves.

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Finistère

Finistère (Penn-ar-Bed) is a department of France in the extreme west of Brittany.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.

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List of castles in Brittany

This list of castles in Brittany is a list of medieval castles or château forts in the region in western France.

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Manor house

A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor.

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Marquess

A marquess (marquis) is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies.

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Monument historique

Monument historique is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France.

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Reign of Terror

The Reign of Terror or the Mountain Republic was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to revolutionary fervour, anticlerical sentiment, and accusations of treason by the Committee of Public Safety.

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Renaissance architecture

Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture.

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Saint-Vougay

Saint-Vougay (Sant-Nouga) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_de_Kerjean