Fort Montbarey
The Fort Montbarey is a fortified stronghold, built between 1777 and 1784, to the west of Brest. The fort is similar to the related Questel Fort.Photo: Llorenzi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Pierre de Saint-Pierre Quilbignon and École nationale d’ingénieurs de Brest.
Église Saint-Pierre de Saint-Pierre Quilbignon
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Pierre de Saint-Pierre Quilbignon is a church, which is situated 1 km east of Fort Montbarey.
École nationale d’ingénieurs de Brest
College
Photo: ZeWaren, Public domain.
The École nationale d'ingénieurs de Brest is a French grande école leading to the French Diplôme d'Ingénieur under the authority of the French Ministry of Education and Research. École nationale d’ingénieurs de Brest is situated 2½ km southwest of Fort Montbarey.
IMT Atlantique
College
IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire is one of the leading French engineering Grandes Écoles and a technological university, which was created on January 1, 2017 through the merger of the École nationale supérieure des mines de Nantes and Télécom Bretagne. IMT Atlantique is situated 3 km southwest of Fort Montbarey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon and Porte Caffarelli.
Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon is a suburb.
Porte Caffarelli
Locality
Photo: Moreau.henri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porte Caffarelli is a locality, which is situated 3½ km east of Fort Montbarey.
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. Recouvrance is situated 3½ km east of Fort Montbarey.
Fort Montbarey
- Type: Museum
- Description: fort in France
- Categories: fort, tourism, historic site, memorial, and tourist attraction
- Location: Brest, Arrondissement de Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.37822° or 48° 22′ 42″ northLongitude
-4.54836° or 4° 32′ 54″ westOpen location code
8CWQ9FH2+7MOpenStreetMap ID
way 37178906OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q3077950
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Italian—“Fort Montbarey” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Kreñv Montbarey”
- Dutch: “Fort Montbarey”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن مونتبارى”
- French: “fort Montbarey”
- French: “Fort Montbarey”
- Italian: “Forte Montbarey”
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