"A
reef, it is petrified storm. Nothing is more stirring for the mind that this
fierce architecture, always crumbling, always standing." (Victor Hugo -
The workers of the sea).
Un écueil, c'est de la tempête pétrifiée. Rien de
plus émouvant pour l'esprit que cette farouche architecture, toujours
croulante, toujours debout." (Victor Hugo - Les travailleurs de la mer).
At Belle-Ile, the constant assaults of the sea and of the wind have shaped the landscape and carved the schist, creating superb stone arches, digging holes and piercing the rocks...
(Click on the small pictures to enlarge them (format: 600x450 pixels). Some pictures are available in high definition (about 1600x1200 pixels): click on the link "(High definition)" to open them.
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Arch
of "Pont de Lek" (Bridge of Lek)
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Arch
of "Pont de Lek", from the sea
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Arch
of Penhoët
(High definition) |
Arch
of Port Poyed
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Arch
of Domois
(High definition) |
The
"Fornetch"
(High definition) |
The
two
arches of Bouladew
(High definition) |
Arches
of Bouladew: main arch
(High definition) |
"Star
Cave"
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Talut
cave
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Vazen
hole
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Apothicairerie
cave
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Hole
of Baguen Hir
(High definition) |
Arch
of Dotchot
(High definition) |
The "Chtarnek" |
Poul
Brenn
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Poul
Brenn, inside the cave
(High definition) |
Pierced
rock at Ster Vraz
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Pierced
rock at Kerledan
(High definition) |
Pierced
rock at Domois
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Pierced
rock at Port-Coton
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Pierced
rock at Domois
(may be crossed through with a kayak)
(High definition) |
Pierced
rock at
Goulphar
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Pierced
rock at Vazen,
left side of the creek (south-west)
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Pierced
rock at Vazen,
right side of the creek (north-east)
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Pierced
rock between Saint-Marc foreland and Poul Brenn
(High definition) |
Pierced
rock, between Saint-Marc
foreland and Poul Brenn
(High definition) |
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Pierced
rock, south of
Port Skeul
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Pierced
rock at Borderun
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Pierced
rock, north of
Borderun
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Pierced
rock at Porh
Gwenn
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Pierced
rock, north of the
Apothicairerie cave
(High definition) |
Pierced
rock at Port
Puns
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Pierced
rock at Ster
Vraz (south side)
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Another
pierced rock at Ster
Vraz (south side)
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Pierced
rock, at
Grand Village forehand
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Cave
at Bugul
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Pierced
rock at
Bugul
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Pierced
rock at
"Le Skeul"
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"The
blower's hole", Port Saint Julien
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Roche
percée à Bornor
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Pierced
rock at
Goulphar
(High definition) |
North
side of Port Skeul: pierced rock
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Pierced
rock at
Groh
Torec
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Pierced
rock,
beach of Dotchot
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Arch
of Deuborh
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Arch
of Groh Roued
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