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Bretagne may refer to: Places *Brittany, the historic province in northwestern France called ''Bretagne'' in French * Brittany (administrative region), the present-day French region, also called in French ''Bretagne'', smaller than the historic province * Bretagne, Indre, a French village in the Indre department * Bretagne, Territoire de Belfort, a French village in the Territoire de Belfort department *Bretagne-d'Armagnac, a commune in the Gers department * Bretagne-de-Marsan, a commune in the Landes department *Dol-de-Bretagne, a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department Ships * French ship ''Bretagne'' (1766), a large 110-gun French ship of the line * French ship ''Bretagne'' (1855), a fast 130-gun warship of the French Navy * French battleship ''Bretagne'' (1913), the first Bretagne-class battleship of the French Navy * SS ''La Bretagne'', an ocean liner of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique in service from 1886 to 1912 * SS ''Bretagne'' (1951), an ocean liner renamed S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation. It became an independent kingdom and then a duchy before being united with the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province governed as a separate nation under the crown. Brittany has also been referred to as Little Britain (as opposed to Great Britain, with which it shares an etymology). It is bordered by the English Channel to the north, Normandy to the northeast, eastern Pays de la Loire to the southeast, the Bay of Biscay to the south, and the Celtic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its land area is 34,023 km2 . Brittany is the site of some of the world's oldest standing architecture, home to the Barnenez, the Tumulus Saint-Michel and others, which date to the early 5th millennium BC. Today, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS La Bretagne
SS ''La Bretagne'' was an ocean liner that sailed for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT) from her launch in 1886 to 1912, sailing primarily in transatlantic service on the North Atlantic. Sold to Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique in 1912, she sailed for that company under her original name and, later, as SS ''Alesia'' on France–South America routes. The liner was sold for scrapping in the Netherlands in December 1923, but was lost while being towed. Design and construction In March 1885, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT), announced the building of four new steamers for the Le Havre– New York route at the company's Penhoët ship yard. The similarly sized steamers, , , ''La Bretagne'', and , were built under a French government subsidy law that provided that the ships could be taken over in a time of war. CGT also announced that noted French designer Jules Allard would decorate the four ships. ''La Bretagne'' was launched 9 September 1885 by CGT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleus De Bretagne
The Ligue des bleus de Bretagne (League of Breton Blues) was a liberal organisation in Brittany founded in 1899, dedicated to promoting the ideals of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution in Brittany, and combating the influence of the aristocracy and clergy. The colour blue was chosen to contrast with the conservative "whites" and to emphasise their distinction from the Communist "reds". The term dates back to the Revolt in the Vendée when the counter-revolutionary Whites called the troops of the revolutionary government "the blues" (because of their uniforms). The organisation arose from the ''Bretons de Paris'', established by Armand Dayot and Ary Renan (son of Ernest Renan). It grew in Brittany from dissatisfaction with the conservative and clerical bias of the existing Breton Regionalist Union, founded a few months earlier. It was centred in the French-speaking east of Brittany and was strongest among the urban middle-class of the larger east-Breton towns. However ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TER Bretagne
TER Bretagne (stylized as ''TER BreizhGo'' since 2018) is the TER regional rail network serving the administrative region of Brittany, in north-west France. Network The rail and bus network as of April 2022:Le réseau de transport de la Région Bretagne TER Bretagne, accessed 26 April 2022.Rechercher une fiche horaire TER Bretagne, accessed 26 April 2022. Rail Road [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tour Bretagne
Tour Bretagne (''Brittany Tower'' in English) opened on November 18, 1976 at 17:00, is a 37-story skyscraper situated in downtown Nantes between a main thoroughfare, Cours des 50 Otages, and Place Bretagne (''Brittany square''). With a total height of , it dominates the skyline of the city of Nantes and is the third tallest building in France outside of Paris, after Tour Part-Dieu in Lyon and CMA CGM Tower in Marseilles. Built on the water tank, the antennas reach above the top floor. Initiated by André Morice then Mayor of Nantes, the building was conceived by French architect Claude Devorsine in the 1960s. By the time of its completion in the 1970s, public aesthetics had changed and the building was an economic failure, remaining mostly empty for a long time. It later became used for government offices. History The tower stands on an old area in the center of the city called "Le Marchix". This old medieval quarter had been considered dirty and dangerous long before the 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sud-Ouest Bretagne
The Sud-Ouest S.O.30 Bretagne was a 1940s French airliner built by Sud-Ouest. Design and development The Bretagne (Engl. "Brittany") was designed by a group of designers and engineers who were based at Cannes from May 1941 following the invasion of France. The design was for a medium capacity civil transport, a twin-engined mid-wing cantilever all-metal monoplane. The prototype (designated the S.O.30N) first flew on 26 February 1945. Operational history The initial production version was designated the S.O.30P Bretagne with two versions with different engines. The aircraft operated with a crew of five and could carry between 30 and 43 passengers. A cargo version (the S.O.30C) was produced, with a revised interior and strengthened floor and large cargo door. The aircraft was operated as an airliner, but mainly by the French military forces as a medium transport. Some aircraft were fitted with two underwing Turbomeca Palas turbojet engines for auxiliary power. Other aircraft w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Bretagne
Operation Bretagne was a French Union military operation between 1 December 1952 and 4 January 1953, during the First Indochina War. Four Mobile Groups (''Groupes Mobiles'', GM) and General de Berchoux's two Amphibian Sub-Groups hunted and engaged the 9th Regiment (304th Division) and the 48th Regiment (320th Division) who were threatening the bishopric of Bui Chu. Defeated, the Việt Minh The Việt Minh (; abbreviated from , chữ Nôm and Hán tự: ; french: Ligue pour l'indépendance du Viêt Nam, ) was a national independence coalition formed at Pác Bó by Hồ Chí Minh on 19 May 1941. Also known as the Việt Minh Fro ... split in small groups, disguised themselves with peasant clothes and escaped to the south. References External links French Defense Ministry archives ECPAD Pierre Ferrari war reportage, 31 December 1952 Conflicts in 1952 Battles involving Vietnam Military operations involving Vietnam Military operations involving France Battles an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Submarine Saphir (S602)
''Saphir'' was a first-generation nuclear attack submarine of the French Navy. ''Saphir'' was the second of the ''Rubis'' series. The boat was originally to be named ''Bretagne'', but the name was changed to ''Saphir'' before commissioning in 1981. Service history Between October 1989 and May 1991, the boat undertook a major refit which revolved around upgrades to the level of the lead vessel in the class, . In September 2001, the boat torpedoed and sank a target ship, the decommissioned destroyer ''D'Estrées,'' off Toulon. On 6 March 2015 it was reported that in a later erased blogspot of the French Ministry of Defence that during a training exercise off Florida ''Saphir'', in her role as part of the "enemy" attack group, had "sunk" the aircraft carrier and its escort. After 35 years of active service, ''Saphir'' was decommissioned in July 2019, making her the first ''Rubis''-class SSN to be decommissioned. Saphir will be replaced by a new Barracuda-class SSN. In Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MV Bretagne
MV ''Bretagne'' is a ferry operated by Brittany Ferries. She was built at Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France and has been sailing for Brittany Ferries since 1989. She was Brittany Ferries flagship until the arrival of in 1993. Service history MV ''Bretagne'' was ordered by Brittany Ferries in the late 1980s in order to increase capacity on BF's routes, and to set a new standard in on-board facilities. ''Bretagne'' was one of the first true cruise-ferries, offering cruise-type facilities on a ferry route. Built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique, ''Bretagne'' was launched on 4 February 1989 and entered service on 16 July the same year. ''Bretagnes interior was furnished in typical 'Breton' decor featuring original artwork by the Scottish painter Alexander Goudie. ''Bretagne'' was used on the Poole-Cherbourg route between 26 February 2007 and 10 March 2007. She then became the only current passenger vessel in the Brittany Ferries fleet to visit every port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Bretagne (1951)
SS ''Bretagne'' was an ocean liner launched on 20 July 1951 out of Saint-Nazaire; the second of two ships built for the ''Société Générale de Transport Maritimes'' (SGTM) which operated passenger lines out of Marseilles. Her sister ship ''Provence'' was launched a year earlier at Newcastle. ''Bretagne'' was constructed with three boilers and ''Provence'' with only two, making ''Provence'' less capable of increasing speed to counteract possible delays. Career with SGTM After two brief shakedown cruises, SS ''Bretagne'' began her maiden voyage at Marseilles on 14 February 1952, traveling to Genoa, Naples, Barcelona, Dakar, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, concluding in Buenos Aires. ''Bretagne'' joined ''Provence'' in liner and immigration service from Europe to South America. Fine accommodations met First class passengers, but the majority of the ship's berths were for third and fourth class passengers, the latter sleeping in large communal dormitories segregated by sex. These berths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bretagne-class Battleship
The ''Bretagne''-class battleships were the first " super-dreadnoughts" built for the French Navy during the First World War. The class comprised three vessels: ''Bretagne'', the lead ship, ''Provence'', and ''Lorraine''. They were an improvement of the previous , and mounted ten guns instead of twelve guns as on the ''Courbet''s. A fourth was ordered by the Greek Navy, though work was suspended due to the outbreak of the war. The three completed ships were named after French provinces. The three ships saw limited service during World War I, and were primarily occupied with containing the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the Adriatic Sea. After the war, they conducted training cruises in the Mediterranean and participated in non-intervention patrols off Spain during the Spanish Civil War. After the outbreak of World War II, the ships were tasked with convoy duties and anti-commerce raider patrols until the fall of France in June 1940. ''Bretagne'' and ''Provence'' were sunk by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittany (administrative Region)
Brittany (french: Bretagne ; br, Breizh ); Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is the westernmost region of Metropolitan France. It covers about four fifths of the territory of the historic province of Brittany. Its capital is Rennes. It is one of the two Regions in Metropolitan France that does not contain any landlocked departments, the other being Corsica. Brittany is a peninsular region bordered by the English Channel to the north and the Bay of Biscay to the south, and its neighboring regions are Normandy to the northeast and Pays de la Loire to the southeast. "Bro Gozh ma Zadoù" is the anthem of Brittany. It is sung to the same tune as that of the national anthem of Wales, " Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau", and has similar words. As a region of France, Brittany has a Regional Council, which was most recently elected in 2021. Territory The region of Brittany was created in 1941 from four of the five departments constituting the territory of traditional Brittany. The other is Loire-Atlanti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
