Situated in Brittany in north-west France, LORIENT has a long-standing link to the maritime world. 

Back in the 1600s, LORIENT was part of the chain linking Europe to India, and later the French East India Company, backed by King Louis XIV, created à thriving base there. 

It remains a functional port but that, in appearance terms, is pretty much where the historical links end. Much of that port infrastructure was destroyed during World War II, with Lorient being defiantly held by the Germans until the end of the war and as such, suffering extreme Allied bombing…