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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...
- the buttresses there is a statue of Catherine of Alexandria carved from kersanton. Above the door is a triangular pediment with three ėcussons ("crests...
- 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 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...
- best known work is the Calvary at Plougastel-Daoulas. He worked using kersanton stone. Little is known of the man himself. His work can be seen in the...
- 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...
- lived for part of the year in his native Brittany, where he used local Kersanton granite for his most notable works, especially the Pleureuse de Tréguier...
- arc de triomphe at Saint-Thégonnec. All the work was completed using kersanton stone. Apart from the Guimiliau calvary, the Maître de Guimiliau worked...
- 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...
- at the base of these there is a 'Vierge de Pitié" or pietà carved from kersanton stone featuring the Virgin Mary supporting Jesus' body ****isted by Mary...