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Castle of La-Latte

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castle of la-latte

Attribution: By Benh LIEU SONG - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4281148

Location
Frehel, Cotes-d'Armor department, France
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Built
13th century

Fort-la-Latte or Castle of La Latte is a famous tourist attraction on the Cote d'emeraude. This impressive castle was built on a small piece of land at the Baie de la Fresnaye in the 13th century.
Various films have been shot at this site, including The Vikings (1958) by Richard Fleischer with Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis. The castle has been classified as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1925.

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