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 : Ancient Breton shrine, Plougasnou, Brittany, Northern France


Ancient Breton shrine, Plougasnou, Brittany, Northern France

Ancient Breton shrine of the Virgin Mary at Plougasnou, Brittany, Northern France, with some interesting caryatids on two of the pillars. The custom is for young women to visit the shrine on Ascension Day to make an offering and pray for a husband

Picture No
12021066
Media ID
47653148
Size
4945px x 4022px (6.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph in Peoples of All Nations, edited by J A Hammerton, Harmsworth, No.20, December 1922
Date
1922

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