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Vitré is placed on a rocky elevation on the river Vilaine, and was a deffensive strong point of the dukedom of Brittany against the kings of France. The castle was built in Romanesque style in the XI century by Robert I of Vitré, and was enlarged in the XV century by Guy XII of Laval. The Parlament of Brittany refuged in this castle several times during the XV century.
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