France's Wild West - 5: BRITTANY: CONCARNEAU & LANDÉVENNEC
Mar 19, 2019 16:00:21 #
CONCARNEAU boasts France's third most important fishing port, over 100,000 tons of tuna are caught each year by Concarneau-based boats. Its most popular attraction is the "ville close" (old stone fortified "town") on an island in the middle of the harbor with just a few narrow streets, a walk on the rampart surrounding the ville close provides views both into the old town as well as over the harbor.
LANDÉVENNEC has a modern presence in that the deep waters of the river Aulne facilitate a ship graveyard for civilian and particularly naval vessels. Its ancient presence is the Landévennec Benedictine Abbey founded in the late 5th century by Saint Winwaloe, attacked and burned by Vikings in 913 and subsequently rebuilt in stone.
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LANDÉVENNEC has a modern presence in that the deep waters of the river Aulne facilitate a ship graveyard for civilian and particularly naval vessels. Its ancient presence is the Landévennec Benedictine Abbey founded in the late 5th century by Saint Winwaloe, attacked and burned by Vikings in 913 and subsequently rebuilt in stone.
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2588 - Concarneau - Harbor seen from the top of the city walls
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2620 - Concarneau - Beached boats at low tide with the immense city walls
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2617 - Concarneau - Sun dial on the clocktower: Tempus Fugit Velut Umbra / Le Temps Passe Comme L'Ombre / Time flies like a shadow
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2582 - Concarneau - Restaurants and shops on Rue Vauban, one of the 3 streets on the island
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2580 - Concarneau - Shop sign for a galerie, depicting a painter at work
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2584 - Concarneau - Harbor view through a door in the massive ancient city walls
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2859 - Landévennec - Church Notre-Dame de Landévennec
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2839 - Landévennec - River Aulne serves as a ship graveyard for commercial and naval vessels
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2860 - Landévennec - Well-tended graveyard at the church Notre-Dame de Landévennec
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2843 - Landévennec - View through partially open doors to the ruins of the mediaeval Benedictine monastery
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NMGal wrote:
Thank you for taking me there.
You are very welcome and thank you for tagging along!
Mar 20, 2019 08:42:14 #
Mar 20, 2019 11:13:07 #
jaymatt wrote:
Nice photos--the last one wins the prize.
Thank you jaymatt!
Mar 28, 2019 22:00:55 #
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AuntieM wrote:
Really nice set. They really have some interesting tides there.
Thank you!
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