The Île de Sein [il də sɛ̃] is a Breton island in the Atlantic Ocean, off Finistère, eight kilometres from the Pointe du Raz (raz meaning "water current")...
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conditions. The Raz de Sein is bounded by the La Vieille and Petite Vieille lighthouses and by the shoreline of the île de Sein. During the French Revolutionary...
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Look up sein in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sein can refer to: Île-de-Sein, an island and commune in Brittany, France Raz de Sein, a stretch of water...
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Molène (redirect from Île-Molène)
sees his cross"). The archipelago includes Ushant, Quémènès, Île Verte, and Île de Sein. The number of permanent residents has fallen in recent decades...
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the headland, in good weather, one can see cap Sizun, île de sein, the baie de Douarnenez, pointe de Pen-Hir, pointe Saint-Mathieu and the islands of Ushant...
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includes all the above communes except île de Sein. (in French) Cap-Sizun - Au pays de la pointe du Raz et de l'île de Sein, par Serge Duigou et Jean-Michel...
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Ushant (redirect from Île de Keller)
name in English. Neighbouring islets include Keller Island (Île de Keller) and Kadoran (Île Cadoran) to the north. The 200-meter (660 ft) channel between...
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authors, the Gallizenae (or Gallisenae) were virgin priestesses of the Île de Sein off Pointe du Raz, Finistère, western Brittany. Their existence was first...
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Air France Flight 447 (redirect from Juliana de Aquino)
recovery of aircraft for the United States Navy were on board the Île de Sein. Île de Sein arrived at the crash site on 26 April, and during its first dive...
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Hirwazh) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean which stretches from the Ile de Sein to Ushant off the coast of Brittany in north-western France. It is contained...
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List of islands of France (section Île-de-France)
Molène Île de Morgol Île de Quéménès Île de Trielen Île aux Moutons Ushant (Ouessant) Île Raguenès Île Ségal Île de Sein Île de Siec Île Stagadon Île Tariec...
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La Vieille (redirect from Phare de la vieille)
rock of Ar Men". In the meantime the lanterns of nearby Phare de Tévennec and the Île-de-Sein light partially compensated for the continuing lack of a lighthouse...
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Tévennec Lighthouse (redirect from Phare de Tévennec)
There is also a passage between the île de Sein and the Pointe du Raz which provides a shortcut, the Raz de Sein. In 1796, during the Napoleonic Wars...
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He painted marine and peasant themes especially after a trip to the Île de Sein. Because of the state of his Paris studio, he built a new atelier in...
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resembles the story of the nine Gaulish priestesses of the isle of Sena (now Île de Sein) called Gallisenae (or Gallizenae), as described by the 1st-century Roman...
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north-western France. Île de Batz has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Île de Batz is 12.0 °C (53...
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Robert, Marcel (2013). "Îles sans voitures". carfree.fr (in French). L'auteur présente cet ouvrage 22 îles : Houat, Hœdic, Sein, Aix, Frioul, Sercq, Molène...
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1799 and wrecked on 8 February 1804 by grounding on a reef near the Île de Sein. Her crew burnt her and most escaped in fishing vessels they commandeered...
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westernmost town of mainland France. Only three island towns—Ouessant, Île-Molène and Ile de Sein—are farther west.[citation needed] The port of Le Conquet is served...
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recteur de l'Île de Sein by Henri Queffelec. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Location shooting took place on the Île de Sein off Finistère...
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were four ships operated by Louis Dreyfus Armatuers: Ile de Batz, Ile de Brehat, Ile de Re, Ile de Sein. At the same time, Alcatel had a subsidiary, Alcatel...
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British ship HMS Mars after a violent fight at the Battle of the Raz de Sein, off Île de Sein near Brest. Hercule attempted to escape through the Passage du...
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beach. Visitors can take a boat from Audierne's port of Esquibien to the Île de Sein. The harbour, formerly important to the local fishing industry, is now...
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Fairy"). Pomponius Mela's ancient Roman description of the island of Île de Sein, off the coast of Brittany, was also notably one of Geoffrey of Monmouth's...
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the legend) has Merlin trapped by his mistress inside a tree on the Île de Sein. Niniane, as the Lady of the Lake student of Merlin is known in the Livre...
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Parc naturel régional d'Armorique (section Mont Saint-Michel de Brasparts and the Chapel of Saint-Michel)
all blended into one landscape. The park also includes three islands: Île de Sein, Molène and Ouessant. The wildlife of the park is diverse and interesting...
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Lusitania, and placed in Celtici. Following paragraphs describe the Île de Sein and Britain. Probably written in the first century BC, the verse Circumnavigation...
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and also parts of Belle-Île. The only known place where the mutation occurs outside of the Vannes country is the Île de Sein, an island located off Finistère's...
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Édouard Michelin died by drowning, while fishing in the Raz de Sein, near the island of Sein, off the coast of Finistère in northwest France, on 26 May...
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Navy opened its nuclear weapon-submarine (deterrence) base at Île Longue in the Rade de Brest (Brest roadstead). This continues to be an important base...
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