Château de Joyeuse Garde
The Château de Joyeuse Garde is the site of a castle associated with Joyous Gard from Arthurian legend. Its ruins in the town of La Forest-Landerneau in Brittany date to the 6th century.Photo: Silex, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle ruins
- Also known as: “Chateau de Joyeuse Garde”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Town hall of La Forest-Landerneau and Église Saint-Ténénan de La Forest-Landerneau.
Town hall of La Forest-Landerneau
Town hall
Photo: Moreau.henri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Town hall of La Forest-Landerneau is situated 390 metres north of Château de Joyeuse Garde.
Église Saint-Ténénan de La Forest-Landerneau
Church
Photo: Moreau.henri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Ténénan de La Forest-Landerneau is a church, which is situated 500 metres north of Château de Joyeuse Garde.
Gare de La Forest
Railway stop
Photo: El Funcionario, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gare de La Forest is a railway stop, which is situated 670 metres east of Château de Joyeuse Garde.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Landerneau and Chapelle Notre-Dame du Rhun.
Landerneau
Town
Photo: Fab5669, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Landerneau is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. It lies at the mouth of the Elorn River which divides the Breton provinces of Cornouaille and Léon, 22 km east of Brest. Landerneau is situated 5 km northeast of Château de Joyeuse Garde.
Chapelle Notre-Dame du Rhun
Hamlet
Photo: Moreau.henri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chapelle Notre-Dame du Rhun is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km west of Château de Joyeuse Garde.
Guipavas
Town
Photo: Danielguip, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Guipavas is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The writer Maurice Polard is from Guipavas. The city is divided into two major parts: the west, known as the dynamic core of the city and suburban area of Brest, where a new commercial centre opened in 2007, and the east, which is more traditional and lies around the Roman Catholic church. Guipavas is situated 6 km west of Château de Joyeuse Garde.
Château de Joyeuse Garde
- Categories: castle ruin, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: La Forest-Landerneau, Arrondissement de Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.42414° or 48° 25′ 27″ northLongitude
-4.31565° or 4° 18′ 56″ westInception
12th centuryOpen location code
8CWQCMFM+MPOpenStreetMap ID
way 1429107428OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q2969446
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Turkish—“Château de Joyeuse Garde” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Dismantroù Kastell Goueled Forest”
- Breton: “Kastell Goueled ar Forest”
- Catalan: “Castell de Goueled ar Forest”
- Catalan: “Château de Joyeuse Garde”
- Dutch: “Château de Joyeuse Garde”
- French: “château de Joyeuse Garde”
- French: “Château de Joyeuse Garde”
- French: “Vestiges du château de Joyeuse Garde”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Joyeuse Garde”
- Portuguese: “Château de Joyeuse Garde”
- Turkish: “Joyeuse Garde Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Place de la Mairie and Place Aimée de Guesnet.
Nearby Places
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