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Beautiful france’s northwesternmost region

Brittany's religious heritage is never far away, it is authentic and is one of the sources of the "magic of Brittany".

There are few parts of the region, coastal or inland, which are not marked here and there by a stone cross, a statue, a church tower or a chapel, expressing the religious fervour of the Bretons throughout the centuries.

Even if Brittany has nine magnificent cathedrals and some superb Norman and Gothic churches, it is, without doubt, in its humble village churches and small chapels, nestled in clearings, and its innumerable wayside crosses strewn along the roads sides, that this region of granite, schist and slate bears the marks of its climate, but more especially those of a spirit that cannot be found elsewhere.

The highly original religious enclosures can be amazing places, with their crosses made up of hundreds of small figures, a veritable "picture book" in granite intended, in earlier times, as a means of instruction for the people.

The interiors of the churches and chapels, themselves, often contain unsuspected treasures; astonishing rood-screens, beautiful stained glass windows, touching thanksgiving plaques, sumptuous organ lofts, baptisteries and banners, stunning multicoloured alters in wood or stone and especially, some amazing statues of the saints.

Brittany has hundreds and hundreds of saints, most of them have never been recognised by Rome, but to whom all sorts of virtues and powers, particularly the power of healing, have been attributed.

Such therapeutic virtues are also accorded to many springs and fountains in Brittany, no doubt due the survival of beliefs held before the advent of Christianity.

A further original mark of Breton religious art is the familiarity with death, "L'Ankou" in Breton, which is represented in various forms in the numerous sanctuaries.

Brittany's religious heritage is also the source of one of the richest collections of traditional canticles in Europe, which mingle with the secular and can be heard in the many concerts and recitals organised in the churches and chapels across the region.

Brittany is also the land of the "Pardon", these annual gatherings can bring together tens of thousands of people, as at Sainte-Anne d'Auray at the end of July or, in contrast, be one of the numerous more modest festivals in honour of a local saint.

Each occasion is an excuse for bringing out the procession banners and, sometimes, the statues of the saints. These religious festivals, which are always very animated, are also the pretext for secular celebrations and, in particular, to eat, drink, dance and be merry.

From the humble hermitages of the early centuries, frequently based in the islands, to the most audacious contemporary creations, the religious heritage displays a richness of virtually infinitely variety.