Bretagne Ar Mor Land of the sea

Structure General facts The relief The flag “Gwenn ha Du“ Traditions and traditional costumes Typical breton

General facts Map of the Bretagne [1] peninsula in the northwest of France size: 27 184 km² 1100 km long coastline divide in the Départements Côtes D`Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine and Morbihan population: 3.120.288 inhabitants in the Basse-(lower)Bretagne live long-established inhabitants -> with Celtic roots -> speak brezoneg in the Haute-(upper)Bretagne -> people speak French Map of the Bretagne [1]

Relief part of the Armorica mountain range rugged coastline especially in the west: cliff coast otherwise-> hilly Highest point: Roc'h Trévézel (384 m) cliff coast at Kap Frehel

“Gwenn ha Du“ [2]

Traditional costumes[3] official: French traditionally: “brezonegh“ old Gallic language with Celtic roots related to the Welch language in Wales, the Cornish and the Gaelic in Scotland and Ireland today: only every 5. Breton speaks it to remember the people on the language: Can be learned as foreign language in school since 1977 Breton names on street signs Used in pop and folk music

Typical breton Dolmen in Morhiban [5] Field with 1000 menhires next to Carnac [4] barrow = Hügelgrab

Castle in Fougères[6] Fort de la Latte St. Malo Château la Roche-Jagu

Typical stone houses Church in Louannec

sources Content: Bretagne- Marco Polo Reiseführer HB Bildatlas Bretagne http://www.ebba.de/Bretagne/home1.html Pictures: Own pictures [1] http://www.frankreich.org/wp-content/uploads-frankreich/2009/09/bretagne- karte.gif [2]http://www.nationalflaggen.de/media/flags/flagge-bretagne.gif [3] http://www.schwarzaufweiss.de/bretagne/images/bret.Tracht.jpg [4] http://www.francebalade.com/bretagne/carnacalignements.jpg [5] http://www.petitfute.com/medias/photo/835_501/a3/8f/064903-plaudren-dolmen- de-mein-goarec-a.jpg [6] http://www.futura-sciences.com/uploads/tx_oxcsfutura/fougeres_ietv.jpg