Fougeres Chateau

Our next castle and town were Fougeres, only a few miles down the road from Vitre. Another medieval castle and town, only this one dating back to the 1100's. Among the many who besieged, took it, and destroyed it, was Henry II Plantagenet. But it always got rebuilt. Historically, Fougeresians always knew it would become a major tourist destination and they'd get national funding.

One Fougeres' two aires is just below the castle; it was a warm
day, so we parked in the semi-shade and rested; don't want to
get castled-out before leaving France

Next morning: a formidable looking place; but as Ghengis Khan once said,
no wall is stronger than the hearts that defend it

The local river was re-routed to form a moat

Not one of the vulnerable points, one supposes

Moatley view

Now we're trudging up the hill to the town; note wall
communicating with town

Anyhow, here's a fuller view of the castle and environs; from
town; note hill behind castle

Ditto

So now we have walked the town and the
Medieval village and two churches and are
back in the hole where the castle is located

One of the precepts of military strategy is to
always seek the high ground 

Pretty castle

It's wall stretched right up into the city; attackers, one surmises,
could take the city, march along the wall right up to the castle,
and then rain arrows down on the castle's defenders from both
town and the hill behind; maybe call in an air-strike; during some
wars, even before gunpowder, Fougeres simply surrendered
without a fight; pretty castle, nonetheless