Fort du Petit Minou
Built between 1694 and 1697, the Fort du Petit Minou was a fort built in the commune of Plouzané in France to defend the goulet de Brest. It consists of 6m high masonry bastions, surrounded by a 3m deep and 9.5m wide moat.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lighthouse Le Minou and Fort du Mengant.
Lighthouse Le Minou
Scenic viewpoint
Fort du Mengant
Fort
The fort du Mengant or fort du Léon in the commune of Plouzané is part of the defences of the roadstead of Brest. It is made up of a high battery, with a now-destroyed artillery tower, and a lower semi-circular battery at the foot of the cliff, with two small powder magazines. Fort du Mengant is situated 2½ km northeast of Fort du Petit Minou.
IMT Atlantique
College
IMT Atlantique is one of the leading French engineering Grandes Écoles and a technological university, created on January 1, 2017 through the merger of Télécom Bretagne and its smaller sibling École nationale supérieure des mines de Nantes. IMT Atlantique is situated 4 km northeast of Fort du Petit Minou.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plouzané and Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon.
Plouzané
Town
Plouzané is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Plouzané is situated 5 km north of Fort du Petit Minou.
Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon
Suburb
Porte Caffarelli
Locality
Porte Caffarelli is a locality, which is situated 9 km northeast of Fort du Petit Minou.
Fort du Petit Minou
- Type: Grassland
- Categories: fort and historic site
- Location: Plouzané, Arrondissement de Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.33812° or 48° 20′ 17″ north
Longitude
-4.61428° or 4° 36′ 51″ west
Inception
1697
Open location code
8CWQ89QP+67
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=grassland
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Italian—“Fort du Petit Minou” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Kreñv ar Minou”
- Chinese: “小米努城塞”
- Dutch: “Fort du Petit Minou”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن دو بيتى مينو”
- French: “Fort du Minou”
- French: “fort du Petit Minou”
- French: “Fort du petit minou”
- French: “Fort du Petit Minou”
- French: “Fort Du Petit Minou”
- Italian: “Forte Petit Minou”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fort du Minou and Phare du Petit Minou.
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