The coastal city of Brest has been marked, since the Romans, by its strategic defense location, in the westernmost area of France, at the tip of the Finistere department. Richelieu designed the first military port there and Louis XIV later located the Royal Navy. But, above all, it was noted for being the epicenter of one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, in 1944. The Americans faced the Nazis who, after 150 bombings and 43 days of siege, gave up useless ground and devastated. The rain, common in Brittany, fell on the ashes of an area that was rebuilt at forced marches. A resurgence that brought about a new city with a rectilinear urban planning and functional buildings, among which was born, in 1950, after the merger of five Catholic boards, the Stade Brestois, a modest club that now marvels against the odds in the Champions League and today challenges the Barça.
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