Grand Gouin Battery

by , ORION

German heavy battery with 4 x 220 mm Schneider guns, a pillar of the defense of the port and the Brest submarine base. This complex consists of four recesses with a rear span encompassing two ammunition bunkers and crew bunkers. A R636 type fire direction post, sick bay, ammunition store, water tank, anti-aircraft battery, machine gun bunkers, light shelter in metro sheet metal, etc. complete the defensive layout. Two of the entrenchments are still visible, and the site can be visited with magnificent views over the goulet de Brest all the way to Pointe Saint-Mathieu. A coastal path leads around the point, but for fortification enthusiasts, you'll have to cut your way through the thorny bushes to find the bunkers of interest.

German heavy battery with 4 x 220 mm Schneider guns, a pillar of the defense of the port and the Brest submarine base. This complex consists of four recesses with a rear span encompassing two ammunition bunkers and crew bunkers. A R636 type fire direction post, sick bay, ammunition store, water tank, anti-aircraft battery, machine gun bunkers, light shelter in metro sheet metal, etc. complete the defensive layout. Two of the entrenchments are still visible, and the site can be visited with magnificent views over the goulet de Brest all the way to Pointe Saint-Mathieu. A coastal path leads around the point, but for fortification enthusiasts, you'll have to cut your way through the thorny bushes to find the bunkers of interest.