Finistère
Arrondissement de Brest
Brest

Porte Tourville

Porte Tourville is a locality in , , . Access is restricted and requires permission. Porte Tourville is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the suburb .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Tour Tanguy and Forme de radoub Tourville.

Museum
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The , Bastille de Quilbignon or Tour de la Motte Tanguy is a medieval tower on a rocky motte beside the river in . 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.

Dock
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is a dock.

Monument
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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jean Bart Gate and Recouvrance.

Locality
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is a locality.

Suburb
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is the section of the city of , on the right bank of the River . The popular and historically-Breton quarter is in contrast to the largely-Francophone quarter of Brest-même or Brest-proper, on the left bank.

Locality
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is a locality.

Porte Tourville

Latitude
48.38523° or 48° 23′ 7″ north
Longitude
-4.49493° or 4° 29′ 42″ west
Open location code
8CWQ9GP4+32
Open­Street­Map ID
node 817902791
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q113214091
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In Other Languages

From Breton to French—“Porte Tourville” goes by many names.

Localities in the Area

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