Brittany

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cultural region historical region region of France

Brittany is a historic cultural region in northwest France known for its distinct Celtic heritage, Breton language, rugged coastline, and strong Catholic traditions.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Duchy of Brittany 5
Brittany region 2
Brittany (historical) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
region of France ⓘ
annexationCentury 16th century ⓘ
borders Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
English Channel ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
Pays de la Loire ⓘ
Pays de la Loire ⓘ
surface form: Pays de la Loire region
coastlineType rocky ⓘ
contains Côtes-d'Armor ⓘ
Finistère ⓘ
Ille-et-Vilaine ⓘ
Morbihan ⓘ
country France ⓘ
currentRegionalCapital Rennes ⓘ
ethnicGroup Breton ⓘ
surface form: Bretons
hasCelticConnection Celtic nations ⓘ
hasCharacteristic rugged coastline ⓘ
strong regional identity ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Celtic heritage ⓘ
hasCulturalSymbol Gwenn-ha-du flag ⓘ
ermine ⓘ
hasFestival Festival Interceltique de Lorient ⓘ
hasIslandGroup Bréhat archipelago ⓘ
Îles de Glénan ⓘ
hasLanguage Breton ⓘ
surface form: Breton language

French ⓘ
surface form: French language

Gallo language ⓘ
hasMajorCity Brest ⓘ
Lorient ⓘ
Quimper ⓘ
Rennes ⓘ
Saint-Malo ⓘ
Vannes ⓘ
hasPeninsula Crozon Peninsula ⓘ
hasTraditionalCostume Breton costume ⓘ
hasTraditionalDance fest-noz ⓘ
hasTraditionalDrink chouchen ⓘ
cider ⓘ
hasTraditionalFood crêpes ⓘ
galettes ⓘ
kouign-amann ⓘ
hasTraditionalMusic Breton music ⓘ
historicalCapital Nantes ⓘ
historicalStatus Brittany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Duchy of Brittany
locatedIn Western Europe ⓘ
northwest France ⓘ
partOf French Republic ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
wasAnnexedBy Kingdom of France ⓘ

Referenced by (67)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Duchy of Brittany
Duchy of Anjou → borderedBy → Brittany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Brittany
Maine → borderedBy → Brittany ⓘ
subject surface form: Maine (historical province)
Mor Breizh → borderedBy → Brittany ⓘ
Anjou → borderedByHistorical → Brittany ⓘ
Celtic Sea → borders → Brittany ⓘ
Normandy → borders → Brittany ⓘ
Bay of Biscay → bordersRegion → Brittany ⓘ
Rennes → capitalOf → Brittany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brittany region
Metropolitan France → contains → Brittany ⓘ
Duke of Brittany → country → Brittany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Brittany
this entity surface form: Duchy of Brittany
Synthetism → developedIn → Brittany ⓘ
subject surface form: Loire-Atlantique
Nantes → formerRegion → Brittany ⓘ
Henry Moret → frequentSubject → Brittany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brittany countryside
Mor Breizh → hasCoastlineOn → Brittany ⓘ
Celtic nations → hasMember → Brittany ⓘ
subject surface form: Loire-Atlantique
Brittany → historicalStatus → Brittany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Brittany
Western France → includesRegion → Brittany ⓘ
subject surface form: Saint-Anne-d'Auray
Jacob Meyer de Haan → livedIn → Brittany ⓘ
Brest → locatedIn → Brittany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brittany region
Pont-Aven → locatedIn → Brittany ⓘ
Pont-Aven School → locatedIn → Brittany ⓘ
Quiberon Bay → locatedIn → Brittany ⓘ
Rennes → locatedIn → Brittany ⓘ
subject surface form: Saint-Anne-d'Auray
Yffiniac → locatedIn → Brittany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Morbihan
this entity surface form: Brittany (historical)
École navale → locatedInRegion → Brittany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Côtes-d'Armor
Brest blockade → location → Brittany ⓘ