1001 Escapades: Le château de Trévarez, St-Goazec, Finistère, 29

[Music] located in the town of Saint Goazec in Finistère the Château de Trévarez is the very last castle to have been built in France work of a politician named James de Kerjégu it is distinguished by its architecture it l ethics and its particularly moving history president of the general council of finistère james de kerjégu and at the end of the 19th century an important politician shared between his local obligations and Parisian aristocratic life in 1893 he decided to build a castle on his native lands from trévarez in brittany for this he called on the architect walter andré des tailores exists the castle is equipped with all possible modern comfort central heating electricity hot water and a censor are therefore installed throughout the estate including in the spaces reserved for servants, very fashionable at the time, the castle is designed in an eclectic style, Gothic architecture rubs shoulders with baroque and neoclassical elements and is distinguished from other Breton donors by the presence of red bricks unfortunately for him I like those of Pierre I read was able to enjoy very little of the beauty of his castle he died a year after the end of the work in 1908 for almost 30 years the castle of trévarez this pony a golden period the only daughter of the owner françoise and her husband Henri de l'Affair Rooney and organizes sumptuous receptions where all the eminent members of the French nobility rub shoulders, very appreciated for the quality of its hound hunts Prévert is an ideal place for guests who are received in apartments with exceptional comfort [Music] [Music] [Laughs] [Music] all this stops abruptly when the Second World War breaks out in July 1940, the castle is requisitioned by the Germans who use it as a resting place for sailors posted at the port of Brest on lessons from the resistance it was bombed by the Royal Air France in 1944 at the time when it had just been emptied of all human presence reaching the west on five levels and all the kitchens the bombing reduced the living room to ashes ceremonial and most of the reception apartments abandoned by its owners the gutted castle quickly becomes the target of numerous pillaging dentist nature takes back its rights and begins to cover what was a few years previously one of the most beautiful residences in France in 1968 the estate was bought by the general council of Finistère and began a progressive restoration of the castle now open to visitors it presents several rooms partially in fact the restoration made the very original choice of retaining part of 13 as it was just after the bombing revealing a technical metal framework newly adopted since the construction of the Eiffel Tower a few years earlier [Music] the garden and its majestic stables have also been restored through hard work the 85 hectares of parks have found their plans for giving back as much that they are labeled remarkable garden there is a large collection rich in 750 camellias as well as 500 varieties of rhododendrons and azaleas without forgetting the diversity of hydrangeas and their cousins ​​of the hydrangea genus the same magnificent views of the castle and the surrounding countryside ron the particularly pleasant promenade 103 00:05:15.829 --> 00:05:18.409 labeled 20th century heritage the trévarez castle is truly unique in its kind by the madness of its construction the modernity of these spaces the speed of its history and the path traveled by the department's teams to restoring this castle is very much worth the detour [Music]