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Brest (French pronunciation: ⓘ; [3] Breton pronunciation: [4]) is a port city in the Finistère department, Brittany.Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of a peninsula and the western extremity of metropolitan France, [5] Brest is an important harbour and the second largest French military port after Toulon.
Brest in c. 1700. 1858 Nantes-Brest canal begins operating. Société académique de Brest founded. 1861 – Pont National (swing-bridge) built. 1865 – Paris–Brest railway begins operating. 1876 – Population: 66,828. [4] 1882 – Société de géographie de Brest founded. [2] 1886 La Dépêche de Brest newspaper begins publication. [5]
Built between 1694 and 1697, the Fort du Petit Minou was a fort built in the commune of Plouzané in France to defend the goulet de Brest. As part of the massive fortification campaign of France under the direction of the Marquis de Vauban, construction on the Fort du Petit Minou bastion was finished in 1697. Two hundred and forty cannons and a ...
Panorama of the Château de Brest. The Château de Brest (Breton: Kastell Brest) is a castle in Brest, Finistère, France.The oldest monument in the town, it is located at the mouth of the river Penfeld at the heart of the roadstead of Brest, one of the largest roadsteads in the world.
The roadstead of Brest (French: rade de Brest, French pronunciation: [ʁad də bʁɛst]; Breton: Lenn-vor Brest) is a roadstead or bay located in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. The surface area is about 180 km² (70 sq mi). The port of Brest and one of the two French naval bases, Brest Arsenal, are located on its ...
The newspaper was founded in Brest by Arthur Dessoye on 18 November 1886. It was successively managed by Louis Coudurier and later his son Marcel Coudurier. Following the Allied bombings on Brest, France , the newspaper, originally headquartered in Place Wilson, was moved to Morlaix in 1941.
People from Brest, France (11 C, 20 P) T. Transport in Brest, France (1 C, 5 P) U. University of Western Brittany alumni (16 P) Pages in category "Brest, France"
The Church of St Louis is a modernist structure built during the reconstruction of Brest after World War II, on the ruins of the former church of the same name, which was constructed between 1686 and 1785. The church is dedicated to Saint Louis, King of France. Designed by architects Michel, Lacaille, Lechat, Perrin-Houdon, and Weisbein, it is ...