So, after we left Bayeux, we weren't sure where we wanted to go. We knew that we wanted to spend a day doing Mont-St. Michel, but thanks to the advice of one Chloe Bordewich, we knew it wouldn't take a full day, so we decided to explore somewhere else in the meantime. We thought we should try to find something to do in Brittany, a province to the south of Normandy, just to try something new/say we had been there. So we looked in our guidebook and found a little town called Fougères that was supposed to have a really cool walled castle.
Map of the region. I have indicated Fougères with an orange dot.
We decided we had nothing to lose, so we went to check it out and it actually turned out to be amazing! The main structure in the city is the huge fortress, complete with a giant wall and a moat, that sits smack-dab in the center of the town. It's pretty damn old (built between the 12th and 15th century) and served as a stronghold on the frontier between the Duchy of Brittany and France (apparently, Brittany was it's own thang until the 16th century. Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Brittany) and as a fortification to protect the town and its citizens in times of trouble. Fougères also has an "upper town" on a hill that overlooks the lower part of city and affords great views of the fortress and the old buildings below.
View up the street from our hotel.
Église St. Leonard
Église St. Leonard (side view)
A park near the church.
One of the aforementioned view of the castle from the higher part of the town.
I guess I felt the need to get artsy?
View of the "upper town" from the castle.
This sign reads "the happiness is in the wheat." As a bread aficionado, I wholeheartedly agree.
I guess I felt the need to get artsy?
View of the "upper town" from the castle.
This sign reads "the happiness is in the wheat." As a bread aficionado, I wholeheartedly agree.
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