Picture No | 12021066 |
Date | 1922 |
Description | Ancient Breton shrine, Plougasnou, Brittany, Northern France |
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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.
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Source | Photograph in Peoples of All Nations, edited by J A Hammerton, Harmsworth, No.20, December 1922 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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