The naval port, which is in great part excavated in the rock, extends along both banks of the Penfeld Ĭurrently it's one of the only two places in FlightGear with photorealistic scenery under CC-BY-SA licence, thanks to the Brest Metropole Oceane aerial pictures. Brest was an important warship producing port in the Napoleonic wars. Sunbathing, windsurfing, yachting and fishing are practiced in the area. In Recouvrance, the left bank of the town, there remains an authentic street of the 17th century, Saint-Malo Street.Ī few kilometres out of town, there are more impressive landscapes, from sandy beaches to grottos to tall granite cliffs. The town was hastily rebuilt in the 1950s using a large amount of concrete. This is due to heavy allied bombing during World War II, in an attempt to destroy the submarine base the Germans had built in the harbour. The city of Brest doesn't have much historical architecture, apart from a few select monuments such as the Castle and the Tour Tanguy. The city also contains a notable botanical garden specializing in endangered species, the Conservatoire botanique national de Brest, as well as the Jardin botanique de l'Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Clermont-Tonnerre. The Musée de la Marine de Brest contains exhibits which outline Brest's maritime tradition, as well as an aquarium, the Océanopolis marine centre. The Musée de la Tour Tanguy houses a collection of dioramas that depict the city of Brest on the eve of World War II. However with the retirement of DCNS naval buildings, military presence is declining. The city is near strategic military installations such as l'Ile Longue (Long Island), an active nuclear submarine base. The Castle and the Tour Tanguy are the oldest monuments of Brest. Although Brest is by far the largest city in Finistère, the préfecture (capital) of the department is the much smaller commune of Quimper while Brest maintains some administrative responsabilities as a sous-préfecture.īrest is best-known for its Pont de Recouvrance (a massive drawbridge 64 m/210ft high), the military arsenal and the Rue de Siam (Siam Street). The 1999 census recorded 303,484 inhabitants of the Brest metropolitan area, while the population of the city itself was 139 342, according to the 2016 census. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, Brest is an important seaport and naval base. Flying above Brest in a C172 in FlightGear with special scenery textureīrest (pronounced in French, in Breton) is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France.
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