Solidor Tower
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Attribution: By Pline - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4699690
Solidor Tower is a strengthened keep with three linked towers, located in the estuary of the river Rance in Brittany. Over the centuries the tower lost its military interest and became a jail. It is now a museum celebrating Breton sailors exploring Cape Horn.
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