Situated in Sarzeau on the Rhuys peninsula, the Château de Suscinio stands sentinel over the Gulf of Morbihan, a vestige of a past when Brittany was one of the most powerful duchies in France.
Originally built by the Duke of Brittany Pierre de Dreux in 1218, his son Jean 1er Le Roux continued the work and also fenced off part of the Rhuys forest to create a hunting estate.
Under the influence of Jean IV and Jean V, a new tower was built at the end of the 14th century.
The château was gradually abandoned, before becoming the property of François 1er, who offered it (temporarily) to one of his mistresses.
This was followed by a period of abandonment of the château for various economic reasons, to the point that in 1840 the Inspector General of Monuments Historiques classified it as a ruin.
In 1965, it was bought by the Conseil Général du Morbihan, who undertook its restoration (at this point, the château had only sections of wall left, and even the moat no longer existed).
Restoration continues to this day, with an excavation campaign launched in 2013 to recover the castle’s various construction elements.
