A short trip to Saint-Malo

 Saint-Malo is a historic walled port city and commune in Brittany on the English Channel coastline of northwestern France, founded by Gauls in the 1st century B.C. It is a subprefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine. Traditionally known for its independent streak, Saint-Malo was in the past notorious for privateering (the "cité corsaire"). Today the city is a major tourist destination, with many ancient structures.

In World War II, during fighting in late August and early September 1944, the historic walled city of Saint-Malo was almost totally destroyed by American shelling and bombing as well as British naval gunfire. Saint-Malo was rebuilt over a 12-year period from 1948–60.



 


 



 


 


 


 


 


François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848), writer (Born on Saint-Malo)
 


Fort National, built in 1689 to protect Saint-Malo's port (Plage de l'Eventail)
 


Plage de l'Eventail
 


 


The walled city (La Ville Intra-Muros)
 


 




 


 


 


Porte Saint Vincent       -          Hotel de Ville
 


 


 


Grand Porte
 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


City walls (Porte des Champs-Vauverts)
 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Statut de Jacques Cartier (1491–1557) was a Breton explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France.
 


 


 


 

    
 


 


 


 


 


 


Porte de Dinan
 


 


Plage du Môle
 

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