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Traveler Resource Attractions In Saint-Thegonnec

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Port De St Goustan

Pointe du Raz

Office de tourisme de Saint-Thegonnec

Centre Historique de Locronan

Ile de Batz

Port Museum (Port-Musee)

Ville Close

Enclos Paroissial de Saint-Thegonnec

Saint-Thégonnec is a former commune in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner.The village is noted for its very elaborate parish close, one of a number in the area, which include Guimiliau and Lampaul-Guimiliau.
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Traveler Resource Attractions In Saint-Thegonnec

1. Office de tourisme de Saint-Thegonnec Saint Thegonnec

Saint-Thegonnec Videos

Saint-Thégonnec Parish Close Ossuary, Brittany France

The Breton region of Finistere is known for its enclose paroissials - or Parish Closes. The Parish Close is an area enclosed by a wall that surrounds a church and other architectural elements that could include a monumental gateway, porch sanctuary, ossuary (place where bones are stored and revered), relic chapel, fountain, and a high cross known in Brittany as a Calvary.

The Parish Close is a repository of some of the most exquisite religious art in Europe. I visited several of these under the guidance of Brittany expert and author, Wendy Mews in 2016.

The ossuary at Saint-Thégonnec is named for Notre Dame after the Virgin Mary. The ossuary is a separate building within the Parish Close and serves as a crypt for notables. One end of the building is completely occupied by a collection of eleven lifesized figures carved out of oak by Jacques Lespagnol in 1702. Ten figures are gathered around the figure of the dead Jesus Christ. Each figure has a unique expression showing their grief at the death including three angels.

This Parish Close and others are featured on our Brittany tour.

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Music Private Reflection by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com

2012 France Bretagne, St Pol, Retour de Ste Anne en Méhari, avec les Copains d' Alex

Plage Sainte Anne et Rue du Paradis, en Méhari pendant les Vacances d' été, avec les copains d' Alexandre

Journey's End - Stations with no trains - Scrignac and Kermeur, Brittany

For years the lifeline for local people, this Breton Railway line is now a distant memory. Nature has taken over, birds nest in the buildings, butterflies flit between wild flowers on the embankments, and cyclists and ramblers have replaced the sound of locomotives and carriages where the track bed used to be. The track bed is wheelchair accessible and runs for many kilometres betwixt Morlaix and Carhaix. The soundtrack is from a UK steam train recording on YouTube - so not a French locomotive.

Google translation: Pendant des années, la ligne de vie pour les populations locales, cette ligne de chemin de fer Breton est désormais un lointain souvenir. La nature a repris, nid d'oiseaux dans les bâtiments, les papillons voltigent entre les fleurs sauvages sur les quais, et les cyclistes et les randonneurs ont remplacé le bruit des locomotives et wagons où le lit de la piste était. Le lit de la piste est accessible aux fauteuils roulants et fonctionne sur plusieurs kilomètres entre Morlaix et Carhaix. La bande son est d'une vapeur enregistrement de train au Royaume-Uni sur YouTube - donc pas une locomotive française.

Saint-Trémeur Church Carhaix-Plouguer, Finistère, Brittany, France 14th September 2008

Video & pictures of Saint-Trémeur Church, 29270 Carhaix Plouguer,, Finistère, Brittany, France.
Videoed: 14th September 2008
© Mike Fairman 2008

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