Looming in a bedroom window, Josselin Castle in the French province of Brittany stands as a monument to nearly a thousand years of history. First built in the 12th century as a fortress, the castle—named for the son of the architect who designed it—was demolished by English invaders soon after it was completed. It took more than three centuries to rebuild, and ever since its reconstruction it has been owned by the same family, whose patriarch holds the title of Duc de Rohan.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Village," July 1989, National Geographic magazine)
