Paimpont forest

Brocéliande ( bret. Brekilien ) is the name of a legendary forest in Brittany, where a series of stories from the Arthurian legend cycle are localized (especially Chrétien de Troyes ' Yvain ou Le Chevalier au lion ). The Brocéliande forest (La Forêt de brocéliande ) is found on any modern map. It is located west of Rennes in Upper Brittany, where he is listed as Paimpont forest. It is the largest forest and the heart of Brittany. According to legend, has been banned in the Forest of brocéliande Merlin the magician of Nimue ( Viviane ) in a hawthorn hedge, after he had revealed to her the source of his magic powers.

Here is:

  • The secret bridge have confessed to the Viviane their love for Merlin surrendered and disappeared in a cloud,
  • The valley of no return (Le Val sans Retour ) are where the fairy Morgane had imprisoned her unfaithful lover,
  • The lake Comper, which is where Lancelot in a castle under water by Viviane was raised.
  • The source of Barenton (French: La fontaine de Barenton ) are, the water, to "the staircase Merlin " cast ( a stone ), it (perhaps) makes it rain.

Many megalithic sites in this forest were attributed to the heroes of the Arthurian Legend:

  • The grave of Merlin (French: Le tombeau de Merlin) is the last relic of an Allée couverte near the lake of Marelles in the east of the forest, a place where year after year the followers of the Knights of the Round Table come together.
  • The garden of the monks (Le jardin aux Moines ) is a more than 3500 year old megalithic monument.
  • The home of Viviane ( hotie de Viviane ), formerly called the Druids grave is built of red slate.
  • The grave of the Giants ( Tombeau du Géant ) was once called "witch rock ".
  • The guillotine oak ( le Chêne à Guillotin ) is a hollow tree ten meters in circumference, found in the supposedly ten people. It is recorded that a stubborn priests, fled here during the French Revolution.
  • The community Tréhorenteuc (the smallest in the Morbihan ) is home to the amazing " L' église du Saint Graal '(Church of the Holy Grail ). The restored 1942-1962 church is decorated with themes of the Arthurian legend and esoteric symbolism.

Attractions

  • Castle Trécesson
  • Templar chapel Saint -Jean

Trivia

A native of Lower Austria Heavy Metal band ValSans headed from their band name from the above-mentioned Valley of No Return (Le Val sans Retour ). Furthermore, they devote the place of the same name ValSans song that tells of Morgane and of their prisoners.

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