Solidor tower is a tower of three fortified towers connected by small curtains located at the mouth of the Rance. It was built between 1369 and 1382 by Duke John IV of Brittany in order to have control over the Rance at a time when the city of Saint-Malo was rebellious to his authority. The tower was built on a site already fortified and included a small gatehouse converted into a guard and a new set of fortified walls, itself built on Gallo-Roman fortifications.
The history and evolution of military technology has made its initial use obsolete, the tower was converted into a prison. It now houses a museum of Cape Horners which brings together the collections of the Museum of Saint-Malo on the long-haul navigation and Cape Horners. Its present appearance is a bit different from what he had in the early 20th century, there remains in effect as building the tower and the guard.
Solidor the hold, a ferry passengers and vehicles crossing the regular Rance to Dinard, before the commissioning of the barrage at La Rance.
Solidor tower is located on the former commune of Saint-Servan, which merged with the commune of Saint-Malo in 1967.
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