Penfeld
The Penfeld is a 16 km French coastal river. The town of Brest, in Finistère, has grown up on its left bank.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: French coastal river
- Also known as: “La Penfeld” and “Penfeld River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tour Tanguy and La Consulaire.
Tour Tanguy
Museum
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The Tour Tanguy, Bastille de Quilbignon or Tour de la Motte Tanguy is a medieval tower on a rocky motte beside the Penfeld river in Brest, France. Probably built during the Breton War of Succession, it faces the château de Brest and is now accessed by a road off the square Pierre Péron, at one end of the pont de Recouvrance.
La Consulaire
Monument
La Consulaire is the name of a very large Algerian Barbary artillery piece which famously defended Algiers harbour. It was looted by the French during the Invasion of Algiers in 1830, on 5 July, and taken as a trophy to Brest, where it is still displayed.
Médiathèque François Mitterrand-Les Capucins
Library
Photo: Madamedekeravel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Médiathèque François Mitterrand-Les Capucins is a library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porte Tourville and Recouvrance.
Recouvrance
Suburb
Photo: S. DÉNIEL, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recouvrance is the section of the city of Brest, France, on the right bank of the River Penfeld. The popular and historically-Breton quarter is in contrast to the largely-Francophone quarter of Brest-même or Brest-proper, on the left bank.
Penfeld
- Categories: main stem and body of water
- Location: Finistère, Brittany, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Penfeld” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Penfeld”
- Breton: “Penfell”
- Bulgarian: “Пенфелд”
- Catalan: “Penfeld”
- Cebuano: “Penfeld”
- Chinese: “庞费勒河”
- Chinese: “龐費勒河”
- Dutch: “Penfeld”
- French: “Penfeld”
- German: “Penfeld”
- Irish: “Penfeld”
- Latin: “Caprella”
- Russian: “Панфельд”
- Russian: “Пенфельд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Penfeld”
- Spanish: “Penfeld”
- Spanish: “rio Penfeld”
- Spanish: “río Penfeld”
- Spanish: “Río Penfeld”
- Western Frisian: “Penfeld”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pontaniou and Le Carpon.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ancien Pont National and Pointe de la Rose.
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