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Saint-Malo was the birthplace of:

• Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), explorer of Canada.
• Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759), mathematician and astronomer
• La Bourdonnais (1699-1753), sailor and administrator
• Hughes Felicité Robert de Lamennais (1782-1854), priest, philosophical and political writer

1 Sites of Interest

• The walled city (La Ville Intra-Muros)
• The châteauA chateau ( French for castle; plural chateaux is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of gentry, usually French, with or without fortifications. The next step down in France is a maison de campagne a "country house" with of Saint-Malo
• The tomb of the writer ChateaubriandFrancois-Rene, vicomte de Chateaubriand ( September 4, 1768 July 4, 1848) was a French writer and diplomat considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature. He was born in Saint-Malo and grew up in his family's castle in Combourg, Brittany. on the Ile de Grand Bé
• The CathedralA Cathedral is a Christian church that serves as the central church of a bishopric. As cathedrals are often particularly impressive edifices, the term is sometimes also used loosely as a designation for any large important church. The term is not official of St. VincentSaint Vincent Ferrer (In Valencian Sant Vicent Ferrer ( 1357 April 5, 1419) was a Valencian Dominican missionary; born in Valencia, Kingdom of Valencia (nowadays, Spain). Ferrer was professed in the Order of Saint Dominic at the age of 18, and after study

See also: Mont-Saint-Michel

2 External links

• http://www.ville-saint-malo.fr/