Brittany (Breton Breizh) is a West French region. Today it consists of the departments Côtes-d’Armor (bret. Aodoù-an-Arvor), Finistère (bret. Penn-ar-Bed), Ille-et-Vilaine (bret. Il-ha-Gwilen) and Morbihan (bret. Mor-bihan). Capital of the region is Rennes (bret. Roazhon).
Costumes of Brittany. Region of Quimper, Pont-l’Abbé, Elliant, the town of Batz, Départements Finistère.
Brittany. Region of Quimper, Département Finistère.Brittany. Region of Pont-l’Abbé, Département Finistère.Brittany. Region of Elliant, Département Finistère.Brittany. Woman of the town of Batz, Départements Finistère.Brittany. Early costume of a man from the town of Batz.
Source: Costumes Nationaux by Lepage Medvey, Editions Hyperion, 1939.
The department of Loire-Atlantique (bret. Liger-Atlantel), which belongs to the historical Bretagne but not to the modern administrative region of the same name, was split off in 1941 together with the original Breton capital Nantes (bret. Naoned).
