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Locmélar
Locmélar (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Toponymy From the Breton ''loc'' which means hermitage (cf.: Locminé) and '' Mélar'' who is a Breton saint. Population Inhabitants of Locmélar are called in French ''Locmélariens''. See also *Communes of the Finistère department *List of the works of the Maître de Thégonnec *Locmélar Parish close *List of the works of the Maître de Plougastel This is a listing/"catalogue raisonné" of the works of the Maître de Plougastel and his workshop between 1570 and 1621. The work includes calvaries and crosses, church decoration and some miscellaneous items. His best known work is the Calvary ... References External links Official website *Mayors of Finistère Association Communes of Finistère {{Finistère-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locmélar Parish Close
The Locmélar Parish close (''Enclos paroissial'') is located at Locmélar in the arrondissement of Morlaix in Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in north-western France. It is a listed Monument historique, historical monument since 1934. Eglise Saint-Mélar The calvary The calvary dates to 1600 and was restored by the sculptor Donnart in 1925. It is 6 metres high and on the crosspiece beneath that depicting Christ on the cross there are statues of the Virgin Mary reversed with Mary Magdalene, and John the Evangelist reversed with Saint Peter, on either side of a "''Vierge de Pitié''" reversed with a "''Christ'' ''enseignant''". On the upper crosspiece, Christ on the cross is reversed with a statue of Jesus waiting to be charged with carrying the cross ("''Christ lié''") and on either side of the crucified Christ are a horseman and a robber hanging from a gibbet. File:Locmélar (29) Enclos paroissial Calvaire 01.JPG, The calvary at Locmélar File:Locmélar (29) Enclo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Works Of The Maître De Plougastel
This is a listing/"catalogue raisonné" of the works of the Maître de Plougastel and his workshop between 1570 and 1621. The work includes calvaries and crosses, church decoration and some miscellaneous items. His best known work is the Calvary at Plougastel-Daoulas. He worked using kersanton stone. Little is known of the man himself. His work can be seen in the diocese of Léon, the northern part of the diocese of Cornouaille and in the Cap-Sizun area. His three main works are the Plougastel-Daoulas calvary erected between 1602 and 1604 and entirely his work, part of the porch at Guimiliau, and the calvary at Locmélar apart from the pietà and the statue of the Virgin Mary reversed with Mary Magdalene. Church decoration Calvaries and crosses Apart from the grand calvary at Plougastel-Daoulas, see Calvary at Plougastel-Daoulas, the Maître de Plougastel is attributed with four crosses and over twenty calvaries. The first of the four crosses can be seen in Morlaix. This is in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Works Of The Maître De Thégonnec
List of the works of the Maître de Thégonnec. This is a listing/"catalogue raisonnė" of the works of the Maître de Thégonnec. He is best known for his work on the Calvary at Saint-Thégonnec. Here he was responsible for all the statuary except Roland Doré (sculptor)'s "Christ aux outrages". He operated between the years 1550 and 1610. Apart from the grand calvary at Saint-Thégonnec, he worked on another calvary for Saint-Ségal's Saint-Sébastien chapel and a smaller calvary at Locquénolé, near Morlaix. He also added finishing touches to the Calvary at Guimiliau. These apart, the remains of calvaries at Guimiliiau, Saint-Thégonnec, La Roche-Maurice, Lochmélar, Plougastel-Daoulas and Bourg-Blanc show how active the Maître de Thégonnec and his workshop were! He also completed statues for the fountains at Pleyben and Ploudaniel. Calvaries Fountains Further reading *"Sculpteurs sur pierre en Basse-Bretagne. Les Ateliers du XVe au XVIIe Siècle" by Emmanuelle LeSea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melor
Melor (also known in Latin as Melorius; in Cornish as Melor and in Cornu-English as Mylor; in French as Méloir; and other variations) was a 10th-century Breton saint who, in England, was venerated in Cornwall and at Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, which claimed some of his relics. Identity There were probably two or three Breton saints named Melor who were conflated, and a handful of late medieval hagiographies record legends relating to him. Several churches in Brittany and two in Cornwall are dedicated to Melor; the primary cultic center was at Lanmeur. After his relics were acquired by Amesbury Abbey, he was adopted as a co-patron saint. Breton legend Melor's legend makes him a prince who was only seven when his uncle, Rivod, murdered his father, St Miliau or Milio. Riwal wished the child's death also, but was dissuaded from carrying out his intentions by a council of bishops. At their intervention, he decided instead to maim the boy, cutting off his right hand (later repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Finistère Department
The following is a list of the 277 Communes of France, communes of the Finistère Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):Périmètre des groupements en 2025 BANATIC. Accessed 28 May 2025. *Brest Métropole *CA Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération *Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas *CA Morlaix Communauté *Communauté d'agglomération Quimper Bretagne Occidentale *CA Quimperlé Communauté *Communauté de communes Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz *CC Douarnenez Communauté *Communauté de communes de Haute Cornouaille *CC Haut-Léon Communauté *Communauté de communes du Haut Pays Bigouden *CC Communauté Lesneven Côte des Légendes *CC Monts d'Arrée Communauté *Communauté de co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of France
A () is a level of administrative divisions of France, administrative division in the France, French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipality, municipalities in Canada and the United States; ' in Germany; ' in Italy; ' in Spain; or civil parishes in the United Kingdom. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlet (place), hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the Municipal arrondissem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finistère
Finistère (, ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. Its prefecture is Quimper and its largest city is Brest, France, Brest. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.Populations légales 2019: 29 Finistère INSEE History  The present department consists of the historical region of Viscounty of Léon, Léon and parts of Cornouaille and Trégor, both parts of pre-revolutionary Brittany.
The name ''Finistère'' derives from the Latin ''Finis Terræ'', meaning ''end of the earth.'' In England, a similar area is called Land' ...
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Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the Regions of France, administrative regions and the Communes of France, communes. There are a total of 101 departments, consisting of ninety-six departments in metropolitan France, and five Overseas department and region, overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 333 Arrondissements of France, arrondissements and 2,054 Cantons of France, cantons (as of 2023). These last two levels of government have no political autonomy, instead serving as the administrative basis for the local organisation of police, fire departments, and, in certain cases, elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council (France), departmental council ( , ). From 1800 to April 2015, these were called gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittany (administrative Region)
The region Brittany ( ; ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is an administrative region of Metropolitan France, comprising the departments of Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, and Morbihan. Its capital and largest city is Rennes. Bordered by the English Channel to the north, the Celtic Sea to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean ( Bay of Biscay) to the south, Brittany's neighboring regions are Normandy to the northeast and Pays de la Loire to the southeast. It is one of two regions in Metropolitan France where all departments have direct access to the sea, the other being Corsica. The region of Brittany is sometimes referred to as “administrative Brittany” in contrast to “historical Brittany” or “cultural Brittany”, which also includes the Loire-Atlantique and the question of its connection with the rest of the administrative region is being discussed. History Brittany, located in the west-northwest corner of France, is one of the historic province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermitage (religious Retreat)
A hermitage most authentically refers to a place where a hermit lives in seclusion from the world, or a building or settlement where a person or a group of people lived religiously, in seclusion. Particularly as a name or part of the name of properties its meaning is often imprecise, harking to a distant period of local history, components of the building material, or recalling any former sanctuary or holy place. Secondary churches or establishments run from a monastery were often called "hermitages". In the 18th century, some owners of English country houses adorned their gardens with a "hermitage", sometimes a Gothic ruin, but sometimes, as at Painshill Park, a romantic hut which a "hermit" was recruited to occupy. The so-called Ermita de San Pelayo y San Isidoro is the ruins of a Romanesque church of Ávila, Spain, that ended up several hundred miles away, to feature in the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid. Western Christian tradition A hermitage is any type of domestic dwelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locminé
Locminé (; Gallo: ''Lominoec'', ) is a commune in the Morbihan department and Brittany region of north-western France. Toponymy The name Locminé comes from the Breton ''Loc'h menec'h'', itself from the Latin ''Locus monachorum'' – (sacred) place of the monks – after the monastery established here in 1008. Use of the term ''loc'h'' to denote the many small monasteries founded in Brittany between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries was commonplace, and this is the origin of the majority of parish names beginning in ''Loc-''. Population Education Locminé is home to the following educational establishments: *Primary **École primaire privée Notre Dame du Plaske (ages 3–11) **École maternelle publique Réné Guy Cadou (ages 3–6) **École élémentaire publique Annick Pizigot (ages 6–11) :As of September 2019, 153 children (i.e. 22.5% of all those enrolled) were being educated in the bilingual (Breton / French) streams of Locminé's primary schools. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
