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Getting into the feeling of Christmas, I decided to post one or two pictures of cribs which we visited last year. Once Xmas is here, I probably won't have much time for TE.
This is an extraordinary piece of work in the church of Lampaul-Guimiliau, Finistère. A local man, Jean Pouliquen has been working at it for 12 years: He has made miniature reproductions of the buildings in the village itself. The church (not seen here), the chapel, some typical houses, the wash-house... He decided to place the crib inside a house in ruins.
Lampaul-Guimiliau is one of those typical villages in Brittany, which prides itself with a very rich religious architechtural ensemble: Church, chapel, triumphal door, calvary, ossuary, most of them dating back to the 16th 17th centuries.
I am adding some photos as WS: 1 with the inside of the crib itself, 1 with the author in his miniature village and 1 that shows the inside of the church, very rich un polychrome settings.
Visitors are welcome, visits are free, but donations will go to help development actions in Perù.

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