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Bretagne I

May. 31st, 2019 09:42 pm
selenak: (Black Sails by Violateraindrop)
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I didn‘t have the chance to upload and post properly until now; the last few days have seen me on my feet most of the time. So there will be two posts in one evening. First, some prehistory and an adorable town.

Die Megalithe von Locmariaquer photo CD80D0A6-9821-46EA-B759-F3C1ACBA42F8_zpslto2nphs.jpeg



Brittany, to state the obvious, is quite different from Anjou and the Loire valley, but just as beautiful. We caught some cloudy days before the sun returned with a vengeance, so let me start with those. Naturally, we visited Carnac, aka where 5000 years old monoliths went to dance for eternity. I had seen pictures, but in no way was I prepared for the sheer size of the place.

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Reihen von Le Menec photo 0E67C22F-91F4-4EA1-9A12-480E8B45B9F0_zps9whfvyk7.jpeg

Those were photos from Le Menec. Even the smaller sites, like Kercado, look like this:

Reihen von Kercado photo 18B7ED40-60EC-42CD-AD69-A438C3EBD5EF_zpsbqhanodp.jpeg

Back to Le Menec.

Le Menec photo D651BD97-9EAC-4018-9675-D0B121DEC059_zpsba1l4mnv.jpeg

It consists of 1050 stones ordered around a length of 950 metres.

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Le Menec Close Up photo DC1DD804-2C9B-4357-9AD5-1389B72B7D5B_zps1wgqdovb.jpeg

Schafe in Le Menec photo 9D7F576F-CBC5-40F4-97C7-D4ABBB8BBBA2_zpsyoumikwj.jpeg


Those sheep come in handy to give you an idea just how huge the stones are, as with this lot in Kermario:


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Kermario Maeh photo 401FC224-0164-4CE3-9C73-45B73D0D3B47_zpspgmxmwjd.jpeg


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Kermario und Schafe photo FE49D11F-C010-4F7C-98C5-D9D85FACCBC8_zpstrfdpm71.jpeg

Schaf und Kermario photo 9AFA0CC2-1C74-4B2D-BB1D-969AF245CBC0_zpshopwkokh.jpeg


And this is the site of Kerlescan:

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Then there are the cairns, dolmen and tumuli. This is the Cairn of Kercado:

Kercado - Cairn photo 627F7104-AF6B-4F2D-97E4-59702FCE6DCB_zpsirpwbo5w.jpeg

The Tumulus of St. Michel, so named because of the chapel built on it. It used to be open to the public, but no more.

Tumulus St. Michel photo 6F24AB91-B7D3-4A63-AE86-B4CABC963997_zpsqvi0boxg.jpeg

Whereas the tumulus and cairn of Locmariaquer are open to the public, together with the remains of the Grand Menhir, a menhir which was originally 18,5 metres when set up, in total more than 20 metres. It was erected around 4500 BC along with 18 additional Menhirs, but that row of Menhirs was destroyed around 4300 BC. No one knows whether this happened due to natural causes, or was done articially. You have to consider that menhir weighs 280 tons. The material from the additional menhirs, btw, was used for the dolmen „Table des Marchand“, as you‘ll see in a moment. First, the complete site:

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The Dolmen from the outside:

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Eingang zum Dolmen photo F5E31725-AE55-459B-BD7D-58E9D634CCD1_zpsjqttc02x.jpeg

The gigantic Menhir:

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Grand Menhir brise photo E8255EB3-BAF3-4FF2-8EA1-C7A190AE5669_zpsf5k3hkqk.jpeg

And for a size comparison:

Grand Menhir und Dolmen photo 7B18904D-A9B0-4E81-A1B2-EC8108993D80_zpsiktimm2f.jpeg


Now, out of the millennia old remains and onto new age stuff, i.e. stuff from a measly few centuries ago and the current day. Every now and then, you see salt marshes and salt fields still in Britanny, like this one:

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And you see so many small harbors in every bay, and every one of those harbors is filled with boats. The APs and I concluded every Breton must have a boat of their own. There aren‘t nearly enough tourists in the world to exlain this.

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One of the prettiest towns is Vannes:

Vor den Mauern von Vannes photo 14D54F9F-7290-4A55-9C6B-98CF66A453DE_zpsrz8k51sr.jpeg

Where this was the look from out of our room at the hotel:

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Which was a bit outside of Vannes. The central harbor of Vannes looks like this:

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Vannes is famous for its timber buildings and for the first time made me understand a little why my home region of Franconia doubles as France in recent historical movies. Check it out, complete with symbolic figures:

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Vannes Strasse photo 9EE25C76-AC15-4825-BE42-6D77FE2602CE_zpsacnatfm9.jpeg


Place Henri Quatre photo 043FCF1B-8CCA-469B-9A7A-4177098F1164_zpso9s4esla.jpeg

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Gasse von Vannes photo 29E84B29-3C6D-4BB6-BB74-79D8365D966E_zpspvx66imk.jpeg


Ueber den Daechern von Vannes photo 366BC58F-874D-441D-AACB-55D0E5CD6A27_zpsccnpn095.jpeg

And in conclusion, one more look from outside the city walls:

Stadtmauer von Vannes photo E1572C80-FF35-46B0-BFDA-1121A434581C_zpscsr0amvk.jpeg

On to the next post!

Date: 2019-05-31 09:46 pm (UTC)
sylvaine: Dark-haired person with black eyes & white pupils. ([gen:pag] sacred place)
From: [personal profile] sylvaine
I love menhirs so much <3

Date: 2019-06-01 02:25 am (UTC)
rose_griffes: Peter and Walter Bishop (fringe3)
From: [personal profile] rose_griffes
Very helpful sheep!

Date: 2019-06-01 02:35 am (UTC)
deird1: Fred looking pretty and thoughful (Default)
From: [personal profile] deird1
Wow! So pretty!

I wish I could go and see Europe some more. It’s such an interesting place.

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