page_title: Château de Largoët
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Château de Largoët / Architecture
context_page_description: The Château de Largoët, also known as the Tours d’Elven, is a medieval castle in Elven, in the Morbihan département of France, 13 km from Vannes.
context_section_description: The ruins of Largoët maintain their imposing aspect, notably because of the 14th century octagonal keep.  At 45 m, it is one of the highest in France (for comparison, the keep at the Château de Vincennes reaches 52 m).  There are five floors and the walls are between 6 and 10 m thick.  On the sixth or seventh floor is the room where Henry Tudor stayed. 
  As well as this colossal edifice, Largoët also boasts:
  A 15th-century gatehouse, marking the entrance to the fortress, built against another 13th-century building.
  A round tower of three storeys, from the 15th century, with cannon openings on the first level, and covered with a hexagonal building.  It was furnished in the 20th century as a hunting lodge.  It has been used as a location for historical films, including Lancelot du Lac and Chouans.
  The remains of the enclosing walls, dried up moats and a lake.
  The ruins of a construction known as an ice house (glacière), used as a food store.
  The entrance to a vast cellar which was used to store wood.
caption: The round tower
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