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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Road map: B2. * 156,200.
n Place de la Liberté; (02) 98 44
24 96. ( Mon–Sat in Halles
St-Martin. _ Fête Internationale
de la Mer et des Marins (mid-Jul;
every four years; next in 2020);
Jeudis du Port (Jul–Aug); Festival
International du Film Court (Nov);
Astropolis electro music festival
(late Jul/Aug).
∑ brest-metropole-tourisme.fr
Transport
k Brest-Bretagne, 9 km
(5.5 miles) from the town centre.
£ Place du 19e-R-I.
@ Place du 19e-R-I.
La Mer Jaune, by Georges Lacombe, Musée des Beaux-Arts
E Musée des Beaux-Arts There is a fine collection of
24 Rue Traverse. Tel (02) 98 00 87 96. Baroque paintings on the Blarenberghe, a Dutch artist
Open Tue–Sat, Sun pm. Closed Public first floor, where Guerchin’s who painted siege and battle
holidays. & Judith and Holophernes is the scenes for Louis XV. Although
The original collection held by centrepiece, and an interesting the artist took liberties with his
this museum was quite literally assemblage of paintings by depiction of the course of the
annihilated by bombing in members of the Pont-Aven Penfeld river, this painting is of
1941. However, thanks to the School (see p175) on the great documentary value as it
efforts of the curator, the ground floor. Among the shows in minute detail the
collection has been rebuilt, most notable works in the work carried out by convicts
now consisting of around 300 collection are Vue du Port de and carpenters in the naval
works of art. Brest by Louis-Nicolas Van dockyards of Brest in 1774.

Brest City Centre Aéroport
8 km (5 miles)
1 Rue de Siam St-Martin
2 Église St-Louis Quartier MORLAIX
3 Musée des Beaux-Arts RUE DE GLASCOW St-Martin
4 Cours Dajot AVE FOCH R. DE KÉRABÉCAM R. DUPLEIX
5 Quartier St-Martin Hôtel RUE JEAN-JAURÈS St-Michel
6 Musée National de la Marine de Ville RUE VICTOR-HUGO
7 Naval Dockyard DUQUESNE PL.DE LA
RUE Y VES - C O LL E T
LIBERTÉ
8 Quartier de Recouvrance AVENUE GEORGES CLÉMENCEAU RU E BR ANDA
PLACE
9 Musée du Vieux Brest Église St-Louis Halles DU GEN. D. Conservatoire
LECLERC
St-Louis
Botanique
Penfeld RUE LOUIS-PASTEUR PLACE
Gare
RUE DE LYON
Naval BD JEAN MOULIN RUE MICHELET RUE COLBERT Routière BD GAMBET T A
Dockyard RUE DE S I AM RUE D'AUVERGNE J. Kennedy 19EME R.I. Gare SNCF
DE LA TOUR
Jardin Pr.
PLACE
REVEILLÈRE
Quartier de RUE DU CHÂTEAU AV AMIRAL
Recouvrance Square
Pont de A. Juin PEN QU ER
RUE VOLTAIRE
Recouvrance RUE EMILE ZOLA JEAN MACÉ RUE AMIRAL TROUDE
RUE ADMIRAL LINOIS RUE D'AIGUILLON Palais de
Justice
BD D ES
Musée RUE DE L'ELARN
RUE TRAVERSE
RUE MONGE
C O URS D AJOT
Musée de la FRANCAIS LIBRES des Beaux-Arts AV SALAUN
RUE AMIRAL NIELLY
Tour Tanguy R UE D EN VE R LE BRIS Océanopolis
QUIMPER
AV FR. ROOSEVELT QUAI A. CONSIDERE
RUE P. BROSSOLETTE
QUAI DE LA DOUANE
Château RUE JEAN MARIA
Musée
de la Marine
Port de
Commerce
0 metres 200 Port du QUAI CDT. MALBERT
Château
0 yards 200
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