Editing Brest, France (section)

==Sights==
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[[File:Rue de Siam.jpg|thumb|''[[Rue de Siam]]'' (Siam Street) in 2006]]

''[[Pont de Recouvrance]]'' (Recouvrance Bridge, is a massive drawbridge 64 m/210&nbsp;ft high), the [[arsenal de Brest|military arsenal]] and the [[Rue de Siam|''rue de Siam'' (Siam Street)]] are other sights. The [[Brest Castle|castle]] and the [[Tour Tanguy|Tanguy tower]] are the oldest monuments of Brest.

The ''Musée de la Tour Tanguy'', in the Tanguy tower, houses a collection of [[diorama]]s that depict the city of Brest on the eve of World War II. The ''[[Musée national de la Marine]] de Brest'', housed in the ancient castle, contains exhibits which outline Brest's maritime tradition, as well as an aquarium, the Océanopolis marine centre. The city also has 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 city of Brest does not have much remaining historical architecture, apart from a few select monuments such as the castle and the Tanguy tower. This is due to heavy bombing by the Allies during World War II, in an attempt to destroy the [[submarine base]] the Germans had built in the harbour. In the 1950s, the town was hastily rebuilt using a large amount of concrete. In [[Recouvrance, Brest|Recouvrance]], the west bank of the town, there remains an authentic street of the 17th century, Saint-Malo Street.

A few kilometres out of town, there are landscapes, from sandy beaches to [[grotto]]s to tall [[granite]] cliffs. [[Sunbathing]], [[windsurfing]], [[yachting]] and fishing are enjoyed in the area. Brest was an important warship-producing port during the [[Napoleonic wars]]. The naval port, which is in great part excavated in the rock, extends along both banks of the [[Penfeld]] river.

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File:Brest.jpg|The [[Tour Tanguy|Tanguy tower]] hosts a museum of the history of Brest; in the background, the ''[[Pont de Recouvrance]]'' (Recouvrance Bridge).
File:Brest chateau.jpg|[[Château de Brest|The castle]] hosts the ''[[Musée national de la Marine]]'' (National Navy Museum).
File:Stangalar2.JPG|The ''[[Conservatoire botanique national de Brest|conservatoire botanique national]]'' in autumn
File:Saint-Sauveur-clocher.jpg|Saint-Sauveur church in [[Recouvrance (Brest)|Recouvrance]], designed by [[Amédée-François Frézier]], the oldest church of Brest, built in 1750<ref>Jean-Louis Auffret, ''Brest d'hier à demain'', Éditions Cloître, March 2002, Saint-Thonan France, {{ISBN|2-910981-65-7}}, page 25</ref>
File:Place liberté2 800x600.JPG|Monumental perspective from the ''Place de la Liberté'' opening to the ''[[rue de Siam]]'' (Siam Street), with the ''[[rade de Brest]]'' (Brest [[roadstead]]) in the background, and on the right, the steeple of Saint-Louis church dominating the rebuilt centre of Brest
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