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.

Saint Anne → patronage → Brittany ⓘ
Colin Clive → placeOfBirth → Brittany ⓘ
Breton → primaryRegion → Brittany ⓘ
Yffiniac → region → Brittany ⓘ
Henry Moret → regionDepicted → Brittany ⓘ
Bernard Hinault → residence → Brittany ⓘ
Nicolas Fouquet → residence → Brittany ⓘ
Breton → spokenIn → Brittany ⓘ
Henry Moret → workLocation → Brittany ⓘ
Maxime Maufra → workedIn → Brittany ⓘ
Paul Gauguin → workedIn → Brittany ⓘ