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Guimiliau
What an interesting wooden ceiling it is! -
Mont Dol
Mont Dol has been inhabited since Neanderthal period. Currently there's Notre Dame de l’Espérance and the Notre Dame tower, inaugurated in 1857. -
Plage de Cherrueix
View of Mont Saint Michel from the beach in Cherrueix. -
Cherrueix
15th century church. -
The Chapel of Sainte-Anne
The lovely chapel of Sainte Anne (1687) replaced an older wooden one. -
Pointe du Grouin
View of Mont Saint Michel from the Pointe. -
Calvary at Guimiliau
This Calvary was completed in 1588. It depicts 37 scenes from the life and death of Jesus Christ. -
Calvary at Guimiliau
The south face of the Calvary. Top row: St. Veronica holding her veil with Jesus' image; Jesus' baptism; Jesus carrying the Cross. Bottom row: Luke the Evangelist; St. Elizabeth and a servant greeting Virgin Mary; Jesus washing a disciple's feet; the Annunciation; Matthew the Evangelist. -
Calvary at Guimiliau
The statue of Luke the Evangelist with his ox. -
Calvary at Guimiliau
The west face of the Calvary. This part shows the entry into Jerusalem. -
Calvary at Guimiliau
The east face of the Calvary. This part shows the Flight into Egypt with Mary holding baby Jesus. Joseph with a pilgrim stick leads. -
Calvary at Guimiliau
Matthew the Evangelist with a small boy. -
Guimiliau
The Saint Anne chapel/the Ossuary (1648) is part of the Guimiliau Parish close. Bodies were kept here isolated, especially when plague or cholera were in play. -
Guimiliau
The entry to the South porch (1617): We can see Cain killing Abel (bottom left), and plenty of Noah: picking grapes (top left), being drunk (top right), Noah's Ark (bottom right). I don't know what the rest it. -
Guimiliau
Adam and Eve and the temptation. -
Guimiliau
The South porch: Eve being born (i.e. pulled by God) from Adam's rib. -
Guimiliau
I don't know who these guys are. Fauns? Did they have fauns in early 17th-century Brittany? -
Guimiliau
Someone on a donkey... -
Guimiliau
Carved wooden ceiling in the church. -
Guimiliau
Every little corner is richly decorated with funny creatures. Again, I have no idea who these two guys are. -
Calvary at Guimiliau
The west face of the Calvary. Most notably: the doors on the left, so the priest could climb on the calvary and deliver a sermon. A niche with Paul Aurelian; Top row: Crown of thorns; Pietà; the Resurrection with drunk guards sleeping; Mouth of Hell with devil's lover. Bottom row: John the Evangelist; Entry into Jerusalem; The Last Supper; Luke the Evangelist. -
Mont Saint-Michel de Brasparts
Once the site of an old Celtic temple, a chapel was built here in 1679, restored in 1820. And obviously in 2023. -
Mont Saint-Michel de Brasparts
The hill is a dormant volcano, once called Menez Kronan. -
Calvary at Pleyben
The Resurrection of Jesus. Three soldiers sleeping and one is blinded by what he sees. I find it so amusing by how they are dressed. So 16th century :-) -
Pleyben
Recently cleaned Pleyben Parish close (1583). With one Gothic and one Renaissance tower. -
Calvary at Pleyben
Calvary from 1555. Funnily, the cleaned Calvary no longer looks so old :-) Bottom row: the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Nativity, the Adoration of the Magi, the Flight to Egypt, Jesus meeting the lawyers. Top row: the Harrowing of Hell; Jesus leading Adam and Eve; a Jew holding a scroll with the charges against Jesus; a soldier dressing Christ in his royal robe.