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October 12, 2026 at 10:55
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The name of the place can be derived from two roots. In Celtic, 'hen' is the word for old. The second root is the Latin 'vicus', meaning village. This led to the assumption that Henvic's settlement history dates back to the Gallo-Roman period. However, the first documented mention of the name as Henguic
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October 11, 2026 at 15:56
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The menhir is about eight meters high and three meters wide. This makes it the largest menhir in France adorned with Christian symbols. Its sculpting by the Jesuit priest and Breton orthographer Julien Maunoir (1606–1683), also known as the “Apostle of Brittany,” took place in 1674 as a declaration of
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October 11, 2026 at 14:28
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The dolmen (coordinates: 48° 48′ 43.3″ N, 3° 31′ 8.8″ W) has a particularly large capstone measuring 2.4 by 5.0 m, weighing approximately 20 t and resting on three supporting stones (three-point support). The gaps between the supporting stones of the 2.0 m high chamber were closed with dry stone walling
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October 11, 2026 at 13:36
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In 1958, the burial mound still had a height of 7 m and a diameter of about 40 m[1]; however, by the time of the excavation, it had already been partially leveled by the landowner and measured only 3 m in height with a diameter of about 60 m[2]. The examination of the circular structure revealed that
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October 11, 2026 at 12:53
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The Menhir of Kergonet (also called Menhir de Kergonnet or Vergonet) is a Neolithic monolith in the Breton municipality of Plougrescant in the Côtes-d’Armor department.
It is about 2.10 meters high and about 1.10 meters wide.
• It is the only menhir preserved in the municipality of Plougrescant.
• It is
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October 11, 2026 at 10:50
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The Gouffre of Pleuroscant, a deep rocky gorge into which the sea pushes, and the famous house (1861) built between rocks 🪨, which is privately owned. A spectacular place on the Pink Granite Coast, a bit like a lunar landscape.
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October 11, 2026 at 08:13
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Val Trécor" was first mentioned in 535 with the Gallic monk Tugdual of Tréguier, who founded a monastery here.
Tugdual was consecrated bishop of Tréguier around 542. It seems that a significant settlement soon developed around his monastery. In the year 848, Nominoë, Prince of Brittany, made the monastic
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October 10, 2026 at 13:20
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The Breton place name means “At the outermost edge of the water surface”.
Paimpol is located in an area with significant tidal differences (tidal range of over 12 meters), so that the bay (anse de Paimpol), which connects the town to the sea, regularly dries out to a small stream. The fishing and leisure
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October 10, 2026 at 07:35
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The cliffs are made of reddish sandstone, black slate, and the pink granite famous from the Côte de Granit Rose. They drop steeply to the water and have a height of up to 70 m. The meadows that cover the cliff top are most charming in spring and summer, when wild hyacinths, daffodils, helleborines, and
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October 8, 2026 at 09:59
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Aubert, Bishop of Avranches, had a sanctuary built in honor of the archangel on Mont Tombe in 708. In the 10th century, the Duke of Normandy settled Benedictine monks there, and a village grew below.
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October 7, 2026 at 11:46
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The municipality of Beauvoir has a very beautiful architectural heritage, built from local stone from the bay, in the upper part of the village.
Several circular walks are possible in the municipality, the GR 34 crosses it. These paths offer beautiful views of the polders and Mont-Saint-Michel.
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The town has a historic town center and was in the 19th century a first center of thalassotherapy due to its mild maritime climate. Since the 1970s, Roscoff has been an important ferry port for travelers to Great Britain, Ireland, and the offshore Ile de Batz.
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