{"id":65,"date":"2023-06-12T15:40:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T13:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hotel-france-camaret.com\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2023-06-22T09:46:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T07:46:45","slug":"the-vauban-tower","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hotel-france-camaret.com\/en\/cap-sur-la-bretagne-hotel-finistere\/la-tour-vauban\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vauban Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"65\" class=\"elementor elementor-65\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33c647ef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"33c647ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51245039 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51245039\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Vauban Tower<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-195bf2bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"195bf2bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Opposite the H\u00f4tel de France<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-405956b2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"405956b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-258a0820 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"258a0820\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5369bfb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5369bfb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Opposite the H\u00f4tel de France<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-770c653c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"770c653c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Vauban Tower<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4479387d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4479387d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Vauban Tower is a defensive tower built to a master plan by Vauban and erected on the Sillon in Camaret-sur-Mer, near the Notre Dame de Rocamadour chapel. The Vauban Tower is part of a strategic complex designed to defend Brest harbour.<\/p><p>The complex consists of a tower, a guardhouse, a battery that could hold 11 cannons and a cannonball oven. The whole is surrounded by a moat. Access is via a drawbridge.<\/p><p>The tower has four levels: a basement (closed to the public), a ground floor and two upper floors. The basement was accessed through a trapdoor. This is where supplies and gunpowder were stored. The upper floors, served by a spiral staircase, housed the guardhouse and accommodation. The tower's defences were pierced by architrave-type musketry crenellations.<\/p><p>The tower is flanked by a low, semi-circular battery with wide embrasures and a defensive guardhouse. 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