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Culture of Brittany

The culture of Brittany encompasses the traditions, arts, languages, and values associated with the historical region of Brittany in northwestern France and the Breton people. Breton culture draws on a dual heritage: the Celtic Brittonic traditions brought by migrants from Britain during the Early Middle Ages, and the Romance-influenced culture of eastern Brittany. These influences have produced two distinct linguistic zones and a rich body of music, dance, visual art, and folklore that persists to the present day. Modern Brittany is considered a historical region and includes the Loire-Atlantique department. Once independent as the Duchy of Brittany, with its capital in Nantes, it became a duchy within the Kingdom of France before being integrated into France in 1491. It should not be confused with the administrative region of Brittany, which reflects the boundaries imposed by France since 1941 and excludes Loire-Atlantique.

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• ▸Friendship dolls
• ▸Carl Ferdinand Heinrich von Ludwig
• ▸Buttonhole

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