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after the
village of
Kersanton, Brittany, France,
where the rock was
first identified. An
obsolete name for
kersantite is
kersanton.
Lamprophyres are usually...
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which was
erected from
August 1879, is
composed of
eighty blocks of
Kersanton granite executed by the
sculptor Le Goff. The
blocks were
brought one...
- the
buttresses there is a
statue of
Catherine of
Alexandria carved from
kersanton.
Above the door is a
triangular pediment with
three ėcussons ("crests...
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Saint Anne
chapel in Kerlouan's
Square d'Orschwir. It was
sculpted in
Kersanton granite and on the four
faces of the
pedestal Larhantec has
carved depictions...
- that he
often worked using "grés feldspathique" as
opposed to
granite or
kersanton stone. He
executed pietàs in Laz, Finistère, Briec-de-l'Odet, Saint-Hernin...
- the
Nativity and the
Adoration of the Magi
where the
local Kersanton stone was used.
Kersanton is
easier to
carve and very
resistant to erosion. Research...
- has been
divided into sections: work on
porches in
either granite or
kersanton stone, calvaries, flagstones/effigies for
tombs (gisant), statues, and...
- arc de
triomphe at Saint-Thégonnec. All the work was
completed using kersanton stone.
Apart from the
Guimiliau calvary, the Maître de
Guimiliau worked...
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Chapelle Pol Brignogan-Plages The
calvary at the Pol
chapel is
carved from
kersanton stone. The
calvary is 4.50
metres high and the
crosspiece has a praying...
- in
kersanton stone by the Folgoët
atelier for the tomb of
Saint Ronan. (The word
kersanton is an
obsolete local name from the
village of
Kersanton, Brittany...
