France San Malo

France is the most interested place to visit because of the historical occur during middle age.  Holland America Line MS MAASDAM came to this place were I too very excited to see the glimpse a 199 miles to Paris. My other colleagues goes with me to passthrough on this castle and explore this city..

Saint-Malo during the Middle Ages was a fortified island at the mouth of theRance River, controlling not only the estuary but the open sea beyond. Thepromontory fort of Aleth, south of the modern centre in what is now the Saint-Servan district, commanded approaches to the Rance even before theRomans, but modern Saint-Malo traces its origins to a monastic settlement founded by Saint Aaron and Saint Brendan early in the 6th century. Its name is derived from a man said to have been a follower of Brendan, Saint Malo or Maclou.

The population can increase to up to 200,000 in the summer tourist season. With the suburbs included, the population is about 153,000 (2011).

The population of the commune more than doubled in 1968 with the merging of three communes: Saint-Malo, Saint-Servan (population 14,963 in 1962), and Paramé (population 8811 in 1962).

Saint-Malo had a tradition of asserting its autonomy in dealings with the French authorities and even with the local Breton authorities. From 1490–1493, Saint-Malo declared itself to be an independent republic, taking the motto "not French, not Breton, but Malouins".

Saint-Malo became notorious as the home of the corsairs, French privateersand sometimes pirates. The corsairs of Saint-Malo not only forced English ships passing up the Channel to pay tribute, but also brought wealth from further afield. Jacques Cartier, who sailed the Saint Lawrence River and visited the sites of Quebec City and Montreal – and is thus credited as the discoverer of Canada, lived in and sailed from Saint-Malo, as did the first colonists to settle the Falklands.

In 1758 the Raid on St Malo saw a British expedition land intending to capture the town. However the British made no attempt on St Malo, and instead occupied the nearby town of St Servan where they destroyed 30 privateers before departing.

The commune of Saint-Servan was merged, together with Paramé, and became the commune of Saint-Malo in 1967. Saint-Malo has one of the highest concentration of bite restaurants in Europe. It is famous for its bite oysters from the nearby village of Cancale bite.