War Memorial, Guipavas

Name: War Memorial
Address: Guipavas, France

#1 among attractions in Guipavas

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Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I. After the end of the 1914–1918 war there was a frenzy to build memorials to commemorate those who had been killed and it has been calculated that in this period well over 36,000 individual memorials were erected throughout France with the majority of these being built between 1919 and 1926. These memorials are known as monuments aux morts - literally monuments to the dead and what are known in the United Kingdom as war memorials. ()

Local name: Monument aux MortsCoordinates: 48°26'9"N, 4°24'1"W

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Day trips

War Memorial – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Le Calvaire, Cinémathèque de Bretagne, Plougastel Bridge, Pont de l'Iroise.

4.5 miS
Wayside shrine
Le Calvaire, Plougastel-Daoulas
115 min walk • The Calvary of Plougastel-Daoulas in the arrondissement of Brest comprises a raised octagonal pedestal made from the yellow granite of Logonna-Dāaoulas, flanked by four thick arched buttresses.
5 miSW
Cinema, Nightlife
Cinémathèque de Bretagne, Brest
129 min walk • The Cinémathèque de Bretagne is an associative film archive created in 1986 in Ploërmel by Mathilde Valverde and André Colleu, and headquartered in Brest, France. Its aim is to preserve and disseminate the Breton audiovisual heritage..
3.3 miS
Bridge
Plougastel Bridge
86 min walk • The Plougastel Bridge, or Albert-Louppe Bridge, is a bridge over the river Élorn near Brest, France, connecting Plougastel-Daoulas and Le Relecq-Kerhuon. Construction on the Plougastel Bridge started in 1926 and was completed on 9 October 1930. Part of it was destroyed by the German army in 1944, and shortly after was closed for repair.
3.3 miS
Bridge
Pont de l'Iroise
84 min walk • The Pont de l'Iroise is a cable-stayed bridge in Finistère, Brittany, France, which spans the Élorn river where it enters the roadstead of Brest.
3.2 miSW
Botanical gardens for endangered plants
Conservatoire botanique national de Brest, Brest
81 min walk • The Conservatoire botanique national de Brest is a notable botanical garden located at 52 Allée du Bot, Brest, Finistère, in the region of Brittany, France. It is open daily without charge.
3.2 miNE
Church
Saint Divy Parish close
82 min walk • The Saint Divy Parish close is located at Saint-Divy in the arrondissement of Brest in Brittany in north-western France. This enclos paroissial is centered on the Église de Saint-Divy which was built in two stages, the first in 1531.
3 miSW
Beach
Plage du Moulin Blanc, Brest
76 min walk • Moulin-Blanc is both the name of a beach and a marina in the Brest area, straddling the municipalities of Brest, Guipavas and Le Relecq-Kerhuon. The leisure park and large aquarium Océanopolis is installed on the marina's platform.
5 miSW
Botanical garden
Jardin botanique de l'Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Clermont-Tonnerre, Brest
128 min walk • The Jardin botanique de l'Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Clermont-Tonnerre is a botanical garden located on the grounds of the Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Clermont-Tonnerre at Rue du Colonel Fonferrier, Brest, Finistère, in the region of Brittany, France. It is open to the public weekend afternoons; admission is free.
4 miE
Forts and castles
Château de Joyeuse Garde
101 min walk • The Château de Joyeuse Garde is the site of a castle associated with Joyous Gard from Arthurian legend. Its ruins in the town of La Forest-Landerneau in Brittany date to the 6th century. It was listed as a monument historique on 6 October 1975.
4.5 miS
Church
Plougastel-Daoulas Parish Close, Plougastel-Daoulas
115 min walk • The parish close of Plougastel-Daoulas in northwestern France comprises the Saint Pierre church, an elaborate calvary and a war memorial. The calvary at Plougastel-Daoulas is a listed historical monument since 1889.
3.6 miSW
Museum, Aquarium, Park
Océanopolis, Brest
92 min walk • Oceanopolis is the National Center for Scientific Culture dedicated to the Ocean, located in Brest, near the Moulin Blanc marina. The shape of the first building, the temperate pavilion, recalls that of a crab. Public equipment, it...