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Must See

THE SEAFARERS
OF ST-MALO
St-Malo owes its wealth
to its mariners. In 1698
Breton sailors col onized
the Îles Malouines, now
known as Las Malvinas
or the Falklands. By the
17th century St-Malo
was France’s largest
port and famous for
its corsairs. It was the
riches won by trade and
piracy that enabled the
town’s shipowners to
build the great houses
The sun setting over
the beautiful walled known as malouinières.
town of St-Malo
1 One of St-Malo’s most
illustrious corsairs was the
intrepid Robert Surcouf
(1773–1827), whose ships
hounded vessels of the
British East India Company.
2 In 1534 Jacques Cartier
discovered the mouth of the
St Lawrence and claimed the
territory for France; he is
buried in the 12th-century
Cathédrale St-Vincent.
3 The Château de St-Malo
houses the mairie, or town
hall, and the city’s museum.
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