Château de Joyeuse Garde

The Château de Joyeuse Garde is the site of a castle associated with Joyous Gard from Arthurian legend.[1] Its ruins in the town of La Forest-Landerneau in Brittany date to the 6th century.[2] It was listed as a monument historique on 6 October 1975.

The castle is the subject of "Joyeuse Garde", an 1859 poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

Ruined castle's wall
Entrance to underground area
Arch of Château de Joyeuse Garde
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References
  1. Caird, Monica (1906). Romantic Cities of Provence. C. Scribner's Sons
  2. Barker, Edward Harrison (1890). Wayfaring in France. R. Bentley & Son


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