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The ''rue de'' Siam (or ''Siam'' Street, ) is the main arterial street of Brest, a port city in
File:Rue de Siam avant guerre.jpg, The ''rue de Siam'' before the Second World War
File:Place liberté2 800x600.JPG, Monumental perspective from the ''place de la Liberté'' opening to the ''rue de Siam'', with the '' rade de Brest'' (Brest
''Rue de Siam'' in 1900
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rue De Siam Geography of Brest, France History of Brest, France Brest, France Streets in Brest, France France–Thailand relations
The ''rue de'' Siam (or ''Siam'' Street, ) is the main arterial street of Brest, a port city in Brittany
Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...
, France
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. Its name comes from the arrival of three ambassadors led by Kosa Pan, sent by the King of Siam
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on the 29 June 1686 to meet Louis XIV
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in Versailles
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. They went with six mandarins, three translators, two secretaries and a retinue of servants, loaded with presents. They traveled on the boats ''l'Oiseau'' and ''La Maligne''.
They crossed Saint-Pierre Street to go to the hostel of the same name. The inhabitants were so amazed that they renamed the street. The street was quite narrow before World War II
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The ''rue de Siam'' is quoted by Jacques Prévert
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in his poem ''Barbara''.
Soi Charoen Krung 36 Alley, the location of French Embassy in Bangkok
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, was renamed in 2013 to "Rue de Brest" to commemorate diplomatic relations
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, reciprocating Rue de Siam.
Location
From the ''place de la Liberté'', in the centre of Brest, the ''rue de Siam'' runs southwest to the Recouvrance Bridge, spanning the river Penfeld. Recouvrance is a working-class district, from old Brest, in contrast to the ''rue de Siam'' where there were all the chic stores andcafé
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s of Brest, in the years 1950-60.
There used to be ''l’Épée'' Café on the right and ''Les Antilles'' Restaurant on the left. Midshipmen and officers from all nationalities used to have an aperitif at ''l’Épée'' and then, cross the ''rue de Siam'' to have supper at ''Les Antilles''.
Gallery
roadstead
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) in the background, and on the right, the steeple of Saint-Louis church dominating the rebuilt centre of Brest.
File:Brest tram Château II.JPG, The street nowadays
File:Rue de Brest (Bangkok) ถนนแบรสต์ (เจริญกรุง 36 - Chaoren Krung 36 Alley) 03.jpg, Bangkok's Rue de Brest
See also
* Rue de Brest, Bangkok; the counterpart street named afterBrest, France
Brest (; ) is a port, port city in the Finistère department, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of a peninsula and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an impor ...
in Bangkok
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* France-Thailand relations
References
External links
''Rue de Siam'' in 1900
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