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. Ramparts ViSiToRS’ chEcKliST
Beyond the two small
bridges at the entrance, a Practical Information
stairway on the left leads Road map B3. * 20,000.
to the ramparts. The wall n 9 Quai d’Aiguillon; (02) 98
walk gives an impressive 97 01 44. ( Mon & Fri am.
view of the ville close.
_ Féte des Filets Bleus (music
and dancing; Aug)
∑ tourismeconcarneau.fr
Q U A i D E l A P o R T E A U V i n The Amphitheatre,
facing into the ramparts,
R U E S A i n T G U É n o l É is a venue for summer
shows.

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Porte du Passage
This gateway leads to the embarkation
point for the ferry across the Moros.

Vauban
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633–1707),
Marshal of France and superintendent of
fortifications, is France’s most famous
military builder. Fascinated by military
techniques, he also wrote on the art of
warfare and on politics. Brittany’s strategic
Façade of the former location and new methods of warfare that
hospital were developing at the time led Vauban to
Not far from the amphi- remodel military defences on Belle-Île and
theatre, is a fine building at Concarneau, Port-Louis, Brest and St-Malo,
that was once a church, then and to build fortifications at Hoëdic and Sébastien Le Prestre
later a hospital. The façade is Houat and the Tour Dorée in Camaret. de Vauban
in the late Gothic style.

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