About 40 results for ‘Brest, France’
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Brest, France
Brest is a city in the Finistère département in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon. The city is located at one of the occidental edges of continental Europe, hence the expression « Europe from Brest to Brest ». Counting 142,722 inhabitants, Brestois and Brestoises (2007 sensur), Brest is the main metropolitan area (reaching 300,300 inhabitants) of Western Brittany, only third behind Nantes and Rennes in the whole Brittany, and the 22nd populous city of France; moreover, Brest provides services to the one million inhabitants of Western Brittany. Although Brest is by far the largest city in Finistère, the préfecture (regional capital) of the department is the much smaller Quimper. During the Middle Ages, the history of Brest was the history of its castle. Then Richelieu made it a military harbour. Brest grew around its arsenal, until the second part of the 20th century. Profoundly marked by the Allies bombing raids during World War II, the city centre was completely rebuilt after the war. At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, the deindustrialization of the city was followed by the development of the service sector. Nowadays, Brest is an important university town with 23,000 students. Besides a multidisciplinary university, the University of Western Brittany, Brest and its surrounding area possess several prestigious French elite schools such as École Navale (the French Naval Academy), Télécom Bretagne and the Superior National School of Advanced Techniques of Brittany (ENSTA Bretagne, formerly ENSIETA). Brest is also an important research centre, mainly focused on the sea, with among others the largest Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) centre, le Cedre (Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution) and the French Polar Institute. Brest’s history has always been linked to the sea: the Académie de Marine (Naval Academy) was founded in 1752 in this city as well as the aircraft carrier Charles-de-Gaulle was built there. Every four years, Brest hosts the international festival of the sea, boats and sailors: it is a meeting of old riggings from around the world.
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Entrée des députations bretonnes au bal de Brest, 10 août...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Biniou
- Brest, France
- Breton people
- Flower
- Garland
- House
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Brest : vue sur la grande grue [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brest, France
- City
- Clothing
- Crane (machine)
- Family
- Landscape
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Brest : le Petit Minou [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Atlantic Ocean
- Brest, France
- Drawbridge
- Fortification
- Landscape
- Lighthouse
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Brest : le phare du Petit Minou [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brest, France
- Bridge
- Landscape
- Lighthouse
- Littoral zone
- Sailing ship
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Brest : vue du port (esquisse) [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brest, France
- Bridge
- Landscape
- Port (disambiguation)
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Brest : le Passage (esquisse) [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brest, France
- Landscape
- Port (disambiguation)
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Brest : quais et entrepôt [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brest, France
- Fortification
- Individual
- Landscape
- Port (disambiguation)
- Sailor
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Brest : la grande grue [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Boat
- Brest, France
- City
- Crane (machine)
- Landscape
- Port (disambiguation)
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Brest : le château [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brest, France
- Fortification
- Landscape
- Train
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Brest : le port, les marins, Vauban (esquisse) [titre att...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brest, France
- Fortification
- Individual
- Landscape
- Port (disambiguation)
- Sailor
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Brest : les marins de l'Etat [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Barrel
- Brest, France
- Fortification
- Individual
- Landscape
- Port (disambiguation)
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Brest : fortifications (esquisse) [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brest, France
- Clothing
- Fortification
- Landscape
- Port (disambiguation)
- Woman
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Brest : le port et la rade (esquisse) [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Atlantic Ocean
- Boat
- Brest, France
- Fortification
- Landscape
- Port (disambiguation)
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- Date:
- 20th century
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En regardant le port (esquisse) [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bell tower
- Brest, France
- Man
- Roof
- Woman
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Couple d'observateurs (esquisse) [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brest, France
- Man
- Port (disambiguation)
- Woman
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Chapelle Sainte Anne : rade de Brest [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brest, France
- Chapel
- Deciduous
- Landscape
- Trail
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Brest : le port (esquisse) [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Barrel
- Boat
- Brest, France
- House
- Landscape
- Port (disambiguation)
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Vues de Brest (esquisse) [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brest, France
- Bridge
- Fortification
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- Date:
- 20th century
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A Brest visitez. [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brest, France
- Child
- City
- Clothing
- Conversation
- Sailor
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Autocar devant la citadelle : Brest [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brest, France
- Citadel
- City gate
- Clothing
- Navy
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Brest de ma jeunesse (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Anchor
- Barracks
- Brest, France
- Bridge
- Fortification
- Port (disambiguation)
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Modèle d'affiche d'exposition à Brest [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brest, France
- Child
- City
- Clothing
- Conversation
- Man
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Antoine Coysevox
TRIOMPHE DE LA FRANCE SUR LES MERS
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Décalques plans et scène, anciens documents [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brest, France
- Combat sport
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- Date:
- 20th century
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A Brest visitez. (deuxième version) [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Boat
- Brest, France
- Child
- Clothing
- Littoral zone
- Navy
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Gustave Le Gray
Flotte française en rade de Brest
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- Field(s):
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brest, France
- Landscape
- Navy
- Port (disambiguation)
- Sailing ship
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- Date:
- 19th century
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VUE DU PORT DE BREST (titre inscrit, en caractères invers...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bell tower
- Brest, France
- Clock
- House
- Man
- Port (disambiguation)
- …
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- Date:
- 18th century
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