Saint-Malo owes its name to the Welsh monk Mac Low who, around the 6th century, became bishop of Alet, the ancient cradle of the current city founded in the middle of the 12th century. At the end of the 15th century, Anne of Brittany annexed the Duchy of Brittany to the Kingdom of France; from the 16th century, Jacques Cartier doubled the route to Newfoundland and discovered Canada. Thanks to its navigators and merchants who shipped ships to India, China, Africa and the Americas, the city's prosperity was prodigious in the 17th and 18th centuries. The privateers, Duguay-Trouin and Surcouf gave it considerable prestige. The fighting of 1944 devastated the port and destroyed 80% of the intra-muros. If the reconstruction has restored its legendary silhouette, Saint-Malo, a historic city of maritime splendor, has since acquired the essential equipment for one of the highest tourist attractions in Brittany and the leading port on its northern coast. On October 26, 1967, Saint-Malo intramuros, Saint-Servan, Paramé and Rothéneuf merged: this was the birth of Greater Saint-Malo. The interest of the historic town is then coupled with a very rich environment:

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