About 320 results for ‘Brittany’
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Brittany
Brittany is a cultural region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain (as opposed to Great Britain). Brittany is considered as one of the six Celtic nations. Brittany occupies the northwest peninsula of continental Europe in northwest France. It is bordered by the English Channel to the north, the Celtic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Bay of Biscay to the south. Its land area is 34,023 km² (13,136 sq mi). The historical province of Brittany is divided into five departments: Finistère in the west, Côtes-d'Armor in the north, Ille-et-Vilaine in the north east, Loire-Atlantique in the south east and Morbihan in the south on the Bay of Biscay. In 1956, French regions were created by gathering departments between them. The Region of Brittany comprises, since then, four of the five Breton departments (80% of historical Brittany), while the remaining area of the old Brittany, the Loire-Atlantique department, around Nantes, forms part of the Pays de la Loire region. This territorial organisation is regularly contested. The Kingdom and the Duchy of Brittany, the province of Brittany, and the modern Region of Brittany cover the Western part of Armorica, as it was known during the period of Roman occupation. In January 2007 the population of historic Brittany was estimated to be 4,365,500. Of these, 71% lived in the region of Brittany, while 29% lived in the region of Pays-de-la-Loire. At the 1999 census, the largest metropolitan areas were Nantes (711,120 inhabitants), Rennes (521,188 inhabitants), and Brest (303,484 inhabitants).
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Habitants des diverses Provinces de la France (titre insc...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alsace
- Auvergne (region)
- Brittany
- Champagne-Ardenne
- Child
- Colmar
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Etude de châtaigniers
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brittany
- Chestnut
- Landscape
- Trunk (botany)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Etude pour La matinée en Bretagne
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brittany
- Landscape
- Oak
- Understory
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Arbres et vaches buvant
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brittany
- Dairy cattle
- Farm
- Landscape
- Tree
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Etude pour Chemin long
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brittany
- Dairy cattle
- Landscape
- Trail
- Tree
- Understory
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Cheval et vaches dans un champ en jachère
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brittany
- Dairy cattle
- Field (agriculture)
- Horse
- Landscape
- Tree
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Paysan breton au livre
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bench (furniture)
- Book
- Breton people
- Brittany
- Field (agriculture)
- Folk costume
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Le Retour
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- Portrayed subject:
- Box-bed
- Breton people
- Brittany
- Death
- Folk costume
- Man
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Gloria in excelsis (maquette) [titre attribué]
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brittany
- Clothing
- Girl
- Speech balloon
- Woman
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Venite adoremus [titre attribué]
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brittany
- Clothing
- Girl
- Speech balloon
- Woman
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Potius mori quam feodari ; Trois anges tenant les armoiri...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brittany
- Crown (headgear)
- Fleur-de-lis
- Putto
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- Date:
- 19th century
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LE SOIR D'UN PARDON
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alcohol intoxication
- Barrel
- Man
- Sleep
- Smoking
- Smoking pipe (tobacco)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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VENDEUR DE BEAUMES ; LE CHARLATAN
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Paris
- Pulcinella
- Puppetry
- Street
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Fontaine aux pommiers (assiette à dessert, projet) [titre...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brittany
- Individual
- Malus
- Meadow
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Fontaine monumentale à colonnes carrées [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brittany
- Individual
- Stream
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Fontaine monumentale à pignons [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brittany
- Individual
- Meadow
- Tree
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Fontaine monumentale avec pignon et colonnes [titre attri...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brittany
- Individual
- Statue
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Deux fontaines en positions opposées [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brittany
- Individual
- Statue
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- Date:
- 20th century
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