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Mont Saint Michel is not topped by a castle but by a monastery.
bonjour merci pour votre réaction .
There is also alot to see in the inner Brittany but this video seems to focus only on the coast. Btw, rampart can be also traduce as a bulwark and those cross you see are calvary.
For pronunciations : 'Mont' 'Saint' 'croissant' 'champ' etc we don't tell the consonants 't' or the 'p' at the and so we say 'Mon' and 'Sain' 'Croissan' 'cham' without their 't' or 'p'. 😘
The city of Saint Malo was rebuilt after the WWII after being razed by US squatters
You know the word Brittany more or less means/translates to "little Britain" as opposed to "Great Britain" ( little and great refer to land mass) and which shares the same etymology. 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.
I can't remember off the top of my head at the moment, but there was one war between France and Britain where Brittany refused to fight against Britain because they said they were going to be fighting their own people.
Ruzzians fiddle with you
Tell a Normand that Mont St Michel is in Brittany and we'll see how fast you can run! 😂
Nice video for someone living in Brittany. Ramparts are fortified walls surrounding a city or a castle.
These carved stone crosses are called calvaries or "calvaires" in French. They are typically located next to religious buildings, along pilgrimage routes, or in various places throughout the countryside. While some are very simple, many are intricately detailed, featuring sculptures of Christ, the Virgin Mary, scenes from the Gospels, or saints who are particularly important in Breton Catholic tradition. Some calvaries are quite large, with dozens of statues, and historically, some of them were painted in bright colors. For an impressive example, you can look up the 'Calvaire de Plougastel-Daoulas'
How can you not know the meaning of the "ramparts"? It is only in the US national anthem–"O'er the ramparts we watch'd"–there is also a relatively recent movie "Rampart".
Although cafés & restaurants are frequently mentioned, but not the local cuisine. Of course fresh fish & seafood is abundant. Dairy farming, particularly famous butter. Also coastal farmers fertilise the fields with seaweed, vegetables are high quality & abundant. Pink onions of Roscoff are a gourmet favourite. Breton Galettes are a must have too.
🤔the ramparts are the fortifications that surround the city😉
The blue plants are heather
Chez moi 😊
That purple flower that you can see in the abundance is heather. It's spread all over Europe. Scotland is also famous for its moors ( heather fields )
If you want to see ancient buildings then you have to travel to Italy, Greece, Turkey etc!
Yes ! the Mont Saint-Michel is located in Normandie, but the Bretons would like to "annex" this monument. The Normands will never accept !!! ^^
"The stone crossed" is called "calvaire" from latin "calvarium" who was a translation of the aramaic "golgotha".
The usage to erect crosses along roadsides and at the cities or villages crossroads emerged in the 4th century AD.
Before that the roman erected columns and votive monuments.
Each "calvaire" had an history, it could be an happy event or on contrary for an accidental death, the plague… And it was a way to show the wealth for the "glory of god", a way to emulate burgs and villages.
I m belgian but I know Mont Saint Michel is in Normandy, not Brittany. Greetings from Belgium🍀🍀🍀
Bretagne,In French Brittany the legend of King Arthur with Anne of Brittany. Vercingétorix
so different from where i live in the south coast of France, it is like another country 🙂
Mount St Michel is in Normandy not Brittany 😶 and it's not a castle but a monastery
Attention le Mont Saint Michel n'est pas en Bretagne mais en Normandie.
You are right about the purple heather also growing on the Veluwe, it is in abundance there.
Hé missed Benodet
It would have been great if the maker of this video had at least looked up how you pronounce the landmarks and towns. Especially his pronounciation of Quimper made me cringe.
I'm from Belgium and Bretagne (or Brittany how it called in English) is my favorite region in France. It's not only the beautiful coastline and architecture but also the food that I love. Too bad chronic illness is preventing me from traveling and I'll probably never see it again.
There's an error in the part of the video about Concarneau. Some scenes show mountains in the background and red clay tile roofs, which are not characteristic of Brittany. These features are more typical of southern France. In Brittany, the landscape is flatter with some rolling hills, and traditional roofs are covered with dark-grey slate tiles. The highest point in Brittany is Roc'h Ruz, which stands at 1,276 feet (389 meters).
@hasturx1 is right to point out that inland Brittany is also very beautiful. For example, the Forest of Brocéliande is a prime example of Brittany's enchanting interior. This legendary forest is closely associated with Arthurian legend, particularly the stories of King Arthur and the wizard Merlin. It's said to be the site of many magical events in these tales, adding a layer of mystique to its natural beauty.
Mont Saint Michel is a bone of contention between Brittany and Normandy because it used to be in Brittany. There is a small river that has its mouth there, and it divides the two provinces. Over the centuries, sometimes the river went to the left and sometimes it went to the right. In modern times, they can't let the river do that anymore, so the people of Brittany feel that Mont Saint Michel was stolen from them.
Na Gwenn Na Rozh ! Breizh Atao !
"Remparts" are very strong tall and thick walls around a castle or a city ,to protect them against invaders.
"Medieval" is middle age begins +- 5th century to +- 15th century.Greetings from Belgium🍀🍀🍀
Number 6, Couimepeur…. Quimper. Woa. If i didn't see it written, i would have had no clue what he was talking about. It is true that when it comes to learning languages, pronunciation is almost everything.
Vannes is not a recent city the name of this city come from the Gaulish tribe "Vénètes" held the south of britanny The city has therefore been inhabited since at least the 3rd century BC, but as you can see, just a few kilometers away there is Carnac, the Gavrinis cairn and the Locmariaquer menhir, which make it one of the most important Neolithic sites in the world. This brings us to the birth of the city between 20,000 and 8,000 years BC.
Remparts are the historic city walls. Brittany is so fire!
The “rampart” are the fortification walls around cities to protect them against invasions, at times of war.
Translated explanation: "You will come across many monumental crosses on our paths, at street crossroads. These are made of stone, sculpted and represent the scene of the crucifixion of Christ. These crosses and calvaries are constructions erected in the Middle Ages by the Church, which wanted to protect travelers or people pursued by an enemy. Anyone who found refuge near a cross was just as well protected as if they found asylum in a church. This Catholic religious symbol has also been widespread since the 16th century. It may have been intended to be a place of pilgrimage or simply be a construction built by wealthy families who wanted to affirm their faith and protect their loved ones."
29:30 : The stone cross is called "calvaire" in French.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary_(monument)
There is no time period called the "Dark Age" in France or Brittany. You have Paleolithic, Neolithic (megaliths' Atlantic Culture from Portugal to Denmark), Bronze Age, Iron Age (Halstatt period with the Celts). The true name of Brittany is Armorique or Ar Mor meanings country of the sea, it took its Britton name when refugees from romanized Great Britain flew the Angles and Saxons invasion in the South of the island. Lancelot is born in Brittany, Merlin visited Viviane in the Brocéliande forest. These people were the romanized Briitons, but before that Julius Cesar came to conquer Armorique and built a fleet to defeat the Vénetes people from Vannes. The Carnac megaliths are probably not graves, but a monumental calendar for harvests, collectiv tumbs were located in dolmens in that time. There are plenty of things to visit and eat, it is still a wild area because of the sea winds but it has been colonized right after the end of the last glaciar era so you might not fear too many mosquitos… As you understood the ancient buildings are overlapped by other more recent constructions : Mount Saint Michel was populated by Gaulles, probably an ancient fortress in wood that has turned into a monumental religious site. Below each cathedral of France you probably have a more ancient temple from the Gaulles' time or even before from the Bronze Age. Watch the song about the tribe of Dana by Manau, you might like it 😉
A shame the narrator didn't research pronunciation. Concarneau is a very large town. The ville clos is just a small part. Also unless I'm mistaken Rennes is the capital of Brittany, no where near the coast.
I'm English, but live in rural Brittany, we are about an hours drive to the coast, north, west or south. It's a wonderful life. There are some fabulous surfing beaches.
About French ancestry : a lot of French colonists to New France (Canada/Québec) sailed from the port of Saint-Malo showed at the beginning of the video and from La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime). My own family ancestor sailed from La Rochelle and landed in the Québec City area back in the 17th century.
The video you commented on is a little too focused on the geological shape of Brittany's coastline.
That part of France has so much more to offer inland too! You might like to discover it here: "Bretagne, sauvage et mystérieuse – Documentaire Voyage en France – Horizons – AMP" – Le Pays préféré des Français. Google automatic English subtitles available.
Enjoy!
Très fière de voir ma région découverte par des populations lointaine, la France ce n'est pas que Paris et la Côte d'Azur, ces plus beaux paysages sont très peu connus. Merci