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Quimper - 460 images
Quimper is capital city of the Finistère department in Brittany (Bretagne), in northwestern France. The city is the ancient capital of Cornouaille, Brittany's most traditional region. It has a distinctive Breton character that climaxes in July during the famous festival. Quimper is world famous for its HB-Henriot faïence pottery and for its gothic-style Saint-Corentin Cathedral. Nearby the Musée des Beaux-Arts houses a collection of paintings that includes canvases by such Pont-Aven School painters as Paul Sérusier, Bernard, Denis, Lacombe, Maufra...
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