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Paris–Brest–Paris (PBP) is a long-distance cycling event. It was originally a 1,200 km (750 mi) bicycle race in France from Paris to Brest and back to Paris in 1891. [1] The last time it was run as a race was 1951. The most recent edition of PBP was held on 20 August 2023. In 1931 amateur cyclists were separated from professionals.
Brest Business School, also called ESC Bretagne Brest, France, is a French business School in the city of Brest in western France. [2] Founded in 1962, [3] Brest BS provides business and management courses to 900 students. Currently, the school offers seven different programmes both in French and in English.
The University of Picardy Jules Verne was established in 1970 as a successor to the former University of Amiens. It was initially simply called the University of Picardy during its first two decades, until 1991 when writer Jules Verne's named was added. [3]
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Brest is the main art museum in the city of Brest, Brittany, France, housing French and Italian old masters as well as more modern art.It and most of the city were destroyed by Allied bombing during the Second World War and the building and its collections both had to be recreated in the post-war period,making it what one author [who?] has called "the largest ...
The Tri-Cities, or Tri-City area, is a vernacular region that is situated between the large cities of Aurora and Elgin, Illinois, and encompasses the cities of Batavia, Geneva, and St. Charles. A " vernacular region " is a distinctive area where the inhabitants collectively consider themselves interconnected by a shared history, mutual ...
The École nationale d'ingénieurs de Brest (French pronunciation: [ekɔl nɑsjɔnal dɛ̃ʒenjœʁ də bʁɛst]; ENIB) is a French grande école leading to the French Diplôme d'Ingénieur under the authority of the French Ministry of Education and Research.
St. Charles is a city [5] in DuPage and Kane counties in the U.S. state of Illinois.It lies roughly 40 miles (64 km) west of Chicago on Illinois Route 64.Per the 2020 census, the population was 33,081. [6]
The Church of St Louis is a modernist structure built during the reconstruction of Brest after World War II, on the ruins of the former church of the same name, which was constructed between 1686 and 1785. The church is dedicated to Saint Louis, King of France. Designed by architects Michel, Lacaille, Lechat, Perrin-Houdon, and Weisbein, it is ...