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Brittany

Brittany

Basilique Notre Dame De Délivrance Interior 02

Le Gazoline

Abbeye de Bon Repos

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Canal Lock at Abbeye de Bon Repos
Ponies at Abbeye de Bon Repos

Cap Fréhel

Cap Fréhel
Cap Fréhel
La fauconnière
La fauconnière
Phare du Cap Fréhel
Phare du Cap Fréhel
Phare Vauban
Phare Vauban
Cap Fréhel
Cap Fréhel
Cap Fréhel
Cap Fréhel
Cap Fréhel
Cap Fréhel
Cap Fréhel
Cap Fréhel
Cap Fréhel

About Cap Fréhel

Bracing walks, soaring cliffs, attractive beaches, stunning views over the Emerald Coast and the Channel Islands, a seabird reserve, an historic lighthouse and a fortified castle straight out of a story book – the wild and windswept area around the Cap Fréhel peninsula has got plenty to interest.

At the head of the Cap are two lighthouses. The taller one, 98ft (30m) high, with a calorie-burning 145 steps, was built in 1950 and its beam can reach up to 68 miles (110km). The smaller one, no longer in use, was constructed in 1685 by the renowned architect-engineer Simon Garangeau who worked for Vauban, the legendary military engineer of Louis XIV, who fortified many strategic points around the French coast.

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Basilique Notre Dame De Délivrance 01
Basilique Notre Dame De Délivrance Interior 03
Where the sun shines there is hope
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Where the sun shines there is hope 3
Basilique Notre Dame De Délivrance Interior 01
Place de la Mairie 2
Place de la Mairie
Place 1830

Basilique Notre Dame De Délivrance Interior 02

Rue Notre Dame

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About Brittany

Brittany is a peninsula, historical country, and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation. It became an independent kingdom and then a duchy before being united with the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province governed as a separate nation under the crown.

The word Brittany, along with its French, Breton and Gallo equivalents Bretagne, Breizh and Bertaèyn, derive from the Latin Britannia, which means "land of the Britons". This word had been used by the Romans since the 1st century to refer to Great Britain, and more specifically the Roman province of Britain. This word derives from a Greek word used by Pytheas, an explorer from Massalia who visited the British Isles around 320 BC.

The Romans called Brittany Armorica. It was a quite indefinite region that extended along the English Channel coast from the Seine estuary, then along the Atlantic coast to the Loire estuary and, according to several sources, maybe to the Garonne estuary. This term probably comes from a Gallic word, aremorica, which means "close to the sea".[11] Another name, Letauia (in English "Litavis"), was used until the 12th century. It possibly means "wide and flat" or "to expand" and it gave the Welsh name for Brittany: Llydaw.

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