Les Croix jumelées de Boullet ou Croix jumelées de Boullai, sont situées sur la route départementale 3, sur la commune de Baud dans le Morbihan (De Baud en direction de Bubry, sur le bas-côté droit de la route, 140 mètres avant le croisement à gauche, vers le lieu-dit Boullai). Le nom Croix de Boullet est à rapprocher du nom du lieu-dit proche de Boullai.
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The Vénus de Quinipily is an ancient statue of uncertain origins, located southeast of Baud, Morbihan, Brittany, in north–western France. It is approximately 2.2 metres in height and carved from granite. The statue represents a naked woman and stands in front of a fountain on a 2.75 m high granite pedestal. The large basin beneath the statue is also carved out of a single granite block. It is believed that the statue may be of Greek, Roman or Egyptian origin. There is similar uncertainty about its subject; it may be a Celtic deity, the Roman Mother goddess Cybele, or an Egyptian Isis statue.
It was originally erected at the site of a former Roman camp in Castennec in Bieuzy-les-Eaux, a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany. It was the centre of superstitious rites in Brittany for centuries and became an object of a pagan veneration. At the request of the Bishop of Vannes, the statue was thrown into the Blavet river twice; first in 1661 and then again in 1670, but recovered both times, first in 1664 and then in 1695 by Pierre de Lannion, the Lord of Blavet Quinipily. In 1701, the statue was substantially altered and placed in its present position at Quinipily where a garden has been created to showpiece the ancient monument.
The statue is classified under Monument historique – a National Heritage Site of France on 24 August 1993. The heritage protection was made applicable from 18 November 1943. It is indexed in the Base Mérimée – a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture.
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Baud is a commune in the Morbihan département in Brittany in northwestern France.
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Quistinic is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Its sister city is the rural village of Loughshinny, which is in County Dublin, Ireland.
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The Arboretum de Camors is an arboretum located within the Forêt Domaniale de Camors at Lambel, Camors, Morbihan, Bretagne, France. It is open daily without charge.
The arboretum appears to have been created before 1945 along the railroad tracks that pass Lambel, where the Office National des Forêts planted 74 conifer varieties. Today, some have disappeared and many others were damaged by a storm in October 1987. The arboretum appears to be in decay and used primarily as a walking path.
Historique
Les croix font l’objet d’une inscription au titre des monuments historiques depuis le 19 juillet 1937.
Architecture
Les croix jumelées sont en partie enfouies sur le sol. Le socle est rectangulaire et en granite monolithe. Les bras des croix ainsi que les deux futs sont chanfreinés
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