Lower Brittany

It is the oldest Gothic structure in lower Brittany.

At that time, it appears that Lower Brittany had a separate fiscal status.

In Lower Brittany, the medieval style never totally disappeared.

Traditionally, it formed part of Lower Brittany.

When the revolt won over Lower Brittany, Le Balp organised it.

Lower Brittany:

These penitential ceremonies occur in some villages in Lower Brittany on the feast day of the parish's saint.

Jean-Michel Guilcher distinguishes between five fundamental dances in the region of Lower Brittany.

These can be found to the south-west of Lower Brittany in the elongation of the Pays Vannetais.

The name is in counterpoint to Lower Brittany, the western part of the ancient province and present-day region, where the Breton language has traditionally been spoken.

In his later years, he devoted himself to archeology and natural history, and his credited with founding the archeology of Lower Brittany.

L'en dro was originally a dance of the area around the city of Vannes, in the south of Lower Brittany.

The structure of these dances suggests a similarity with the en dro of Lower Brittany, with variations in movements or arm holds.

They were built with local materials: mostly granit in Lower Brittany and schist in Upper Brittany.

The words "upper" and "lower" in the names of Upper and Lower Brittany refer to the relative positions of the capital.

The folklore and musical traditions of eastern or Lower Brittany are generally similar to those of western or Upper Brittany.

Jean-Marie Beurel was born on 5 February 1813 at Plouguenast, in Lower Brittany, France.

The main traditional language of Brittany is Breton (Brezhoneg), spoken in Lower Brittany (i.e. the western part of the peninsula).

The former Breton and French diocese of Tréguier existed in Lower Brittany from about the sixth century, or later, to the French Revolution.

The western part of the département is part of the traditionally Breton-speaking "Lower Brittany" (Breizh-Izel in Breton).

The isolation of Brittany from the mainsteam of French society was always less acute in Upper than in Lower Brittany, largely thanks to the languages they spoke.

Breton language was traditionally spoken only in the western part of the region (Lower Brittany), as Gallo was spoken in the East (Upper Brittany).

In the realm of cuisine, the pancakes known as galettes, made with buckwheat, originated in Upper Brittany, crêpes, made with wheatflour, in Lower Brittany.

The Breton language, a Celtic language, native to Lower Brittany, was historically spoken in the western area of Loire-Atlantique, and up to 1920 in Batz-sur-Mer.

Domaine congéable was a type of contract between a landowner and the person exploiting it agriculturally, very common in Lower Brittany, above all in Cornouaille and Trégor.