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... chapel in which Duchess Anne was married to Louis XII . of France . A very tall man appeared , in answer to our summons , to guide us over the castle . He showed us first the curious well in the courtyard , and then took us through a ...
... chapel in which Duchess Anne was married to Louis XII . of France . A very tall man appeared , in answer to our summons , to guide us over the castle . He showed us first the curious well in the courtyard , and then took us through a ...
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... chapel of Notre Dame de la Sallette . He spoke most reverentially of the bishop , Monseigneur Fournier , He said it was entirely owing to his persevering zeal that the beautiful church of St. Nicholas had been so successfully completed ...
... chapel of Notre Dame de la Sallette . He spoke most reverentially of the bishop , Monseigneur Fournier , He said it was entirely owing to his persevering zeal that the beautiful church of St. Nicholas had been so successfully completed ...
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... though it is a good plan to stay a few days there , so as to see something of the very original inhabitants of this peninsula . The church Notre Dame de la Pitié is not remarkable . Another chapel , St. Goustan , is now closed ,
... though it is a good plan to stay a few days there , so as to see something of the very original inhabitants of this peninsula . The church Notre Dame de la Pitié is not remarkable . Another chapel , St. Goustan , is now closed ,
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South Brittany Katharine Sarah Macquoid. Another chapel , St. Goustan , is now closed , but the women of Croisic still pray there for those at sea . From the Mont Esprit , at the end of a promenade called Le Mail , there is an excellent ...
South Brittany Katharine Sarah Macquoid. Another chapel , St. Goustan , is now closed , but the women of Croisic still pray there for those at sea . From the Mont Esprit , at the end of a promenade called Le Mail , there is an excellent ...
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... later . All that now remains are two towers , a portion of the dwelling - house , a ruined chapel , and some F of the walls . There were once nine towers ; MORBIHAN La Roche Bernard-Blain-Redon-Rochefort-Lande of Lanvaux.
... later . All that now remains are two towers , a portion of the dwelling - house , a ruined chapel , and some F of the walls . There were once nine towers ; MORBIHAN La Roche Bernard-Blain-Redon-Rochefort-Lande of Lanvaux.
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