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The marvellously renovated Chateau de Suscinio, on the Atlantic coast of southern Brittany. The first structure here dates from the early 13th century, and was built as a holiday home and hunting lodge for the dukes of Brittany. It was purchased by the french people in 1965, and restored to historical accuracy, it is now considered a monument historique.