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THE PLACE WHERE I LIVE 3.
Brittany is rich in old religious architecture that often dates back to the 15th through to the 17th century. We have churches, chapels dotted in the countryside, and calvaries near the chapels, the churches, or at many crossroads.
Most of them were built in a special kind of dark grey granite, called " Kersantite", because it came from different quarries at the far end of the bay of Brest, called "Kersanton", one of them, being in Loperhet itself.
It had the particularity of being very soft, when it was first cut out of the quarry, which allowed the stone cutters to sculpt it quite easily. But then, with time, it became very hard, so the buildings and the statues have survived the times very well.
This is the calvary near the parish church " St Brigitte" of Loperhet, Finistère, where I live. It dates back to the 15th century. It is simple, but quite elegant in my opinion.
The bumps on the pillar are quite common on calvaries. They represent the plague bubos. Those monuments were often built to thank God for the end of a plague epidemic.
as WS, I am posting a photo of St Brigitte fountain, as well as 2 more breton calvaries, with more explanation on these beautiful monuments.

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