Bretagne

 =//BRETAGNE //  = Introduction   French Flag

**Food and Drink **
 * Bretagne is famous for seafood it is said that they have the best oysters.A very famous dish is called La cortriade is a rich fish dish which is prepared in different ways.Another famous dish is Galettes de sarrasin which is buckweath crepe which is a pancake with a well seasoned filling.The famous drink in Bretagne is Cider as they have no wines.

Crepes (pancakes)

 Capital City The Capital city of bretagne is called Rennes it is in the east of brittany in NorthWestern France.

 Places To visit The fine arts museum is situated inon Qui Emile zola(Emile Zola Quay), by the Vilaine River. Les Champs libres is a building on Esplanade Charles de Gaulle designed by the Architect Christian de Portzamparc that houses the Britttany Museum(Musee de Bretagne),regional library Bibliotheque de Rennes Metropole on six levels and a Espace des Sciences a science centre with a planetarium.At Place Honore commeure is Les Halles centrales, a covered market of 1922, with a part converted into a contemporary art gallery. <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; color: #ff5d00; font-family: Georgia, serif; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: left;">

<span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia, serif; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">A Popular Sport The popular sport is Football which is home to Stade Rennais FC who play at Route de Lorrient stadium, with 31,000 seats in the french division one. <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; color: #ff5d00; font-family: Georgia, serif; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: #ff5d00; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Rivers The rivers in Bretagne are the river Vilaine, river llle,river Oust,riverMorbihan,river Arz.llle-et vilaine is located in the region Bretagne in the north west of the country,the river Oust is a river in Bretagne,France right tributary of the Vilaine.Its source is in the hills between Corlay and Quintin.It flows generally Southeast, through the following departements and towns Cotes-d-Armor Morbihan Rohan llle-et-Vilaine.

<span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; color: #00b3ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: left;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: #00b3ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Famous People Famous people from Rennes the capital of Bretagne are Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval.He was born on the 6 april(1767 in Rennes till 1 september 1842 in Paris).He was a french Dramatist,sailor,architect,actor,theatre manager.He was the eight member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Academie Francaise in 1812. Duval was brother to the diplomat Amaury Duval (1760-1838).

<span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: #00b3ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Deval. Another famous person is Catherine Lalumiere she was born on the 3 August 1936,Rennes.She is a french politician of the Radical-Socialist party. Before her political career,she lectured on public law at the university of Rennes and the university of paris l.She began a foray into politics in 1981 as minister of consumption in the cabinet of Pierre Mauroy and held several offices throughout the 1980s she served as secretary general of council of Europe from 1989 to 1994,and became a member of the European Parliment in 1994-reelected in reelectedin 1999. She is also currently vice-president of the European Movement International where she chairs the working group of enlargment. <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; color: #ff5d00; font-family: Georgia, serif; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: left;">  <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 130%; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Chateaux A boat trip up the Loire will take you to Orleans.This was where France's greatest national heroine, Joan Of Arc, led the army that defeated the English during the hundred year war.The maid of Orleans,as she was known,was capturedand burned at the stake in 1431.The brave peasant girl was declared a saint almost 500 years later,in 1920.Travelling westwards from Orleans,you come to brittany. The countryside and coast are rugged,often swept by strong winds and storms from the atlantic ocean. In Brittany, there is a strong feeling of independance from the rest of France. There is a breton language, although today all bretons speak french, and many of the place names are quite different from those in other parts of the country.There is a national costume that many older people wear on special days. In many places in Brittany you can see megaliths, or great stones. some are standing, and others lie flat. They were put their by by people who lived in the area thousands of years ago.

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