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16th cent abbey aisle ancient Anne of Brittany Auray Blue Guide Boul Boulevard Brest Bretagne Breton Brittany built Calvary Carhaix Carnac carved castle cathedral centre chapel Château Châteaubriant Châteaulin choir church coast comp contains Croisic cross Dinan Dinard dolmen Duke England English estuary excursions farther fishing-port Fougères France French Gare Gothic granite Guingamp harbour Hôt Hôtel Hotels houses Île inhab interesting island islet Landerneau Lannion Laval Le Croisic leads light railway Loudéac Louis menhir modern monuments Morlaix motor Musée Nantes Normandy old town omnibus Palais Paramé pardon Paris pens picturesque Place Plage Ploërmel Pontivy port portal Quai Quiberon Quimper rebuilt Redon Renaissance Rennes resort road Romanesque Rosporden ruined saint sculptured skirt Southampton St-Brieuc St-Malo St-Michel St-Nazaire station statue steamer stone summer thence Thurs tomb Tour tower tramway transept valley Vannes viâ village Vitré Voyageurs
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Page 80 - Brest, which in the Middle Ages was of so much importance that it was said, «He is not Duke of Brittany who is not lord of Brest," had sunk by the beginning of the reign of Louis XIII. to little more than a village. Richelieu resolved to make it the seat of a vast naval arsenal...
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