Upper Brittany

This new university took the name of 'University of Upper Brittany'.

A French language edition existed for Upper Brittany.

Upper Brittany's indigenous language is Gallo, a romance language related to French.

The songs of Upper Brittany are either in French or in Gallo.

Upper Brittany:

At the beginning of the 21st century, it was estimated that about one-tenth of Breton speakers lived in Upper Brittany.

The Botanical garden of Upper Brittany is located in Le Châtellier.

The University of Rennes 2 - Upper Brittany is a national university in France.

The Renaissance architecture is almost absent in the region, apart in Upper Brittany, close to the border with France.

Like everywhere in Brittany and in particular in Upper Brittany, small farmers have land, but they are usually small areas.

In much of Upper Brittany, Breton has been little spoken, and indeed in some parts it may never have been the principal means of communication.

It is interesting to notice that all these towns except Vannes are located in Upper Brittany, thus not in the Breton speaking area.

They were built with local materials: mostly granit in Lower Brittany and schist in Upper Brittany.

Different dialects of Gallo are distinguished, although there is a movement for standardisation on the model of the dialect of Upper Brittany.

Moreover, because of its similarities with Gallo, French imposed itself more easily as the main language in Upper Brittany than in Breton speaking areas.

The folklore and musical traditions of eastern or Lower Brittany are generally similar to those of western or Upper Brittany.

Festival de la Bogue d'Or (Festival of songs and music from Upper Brittany)

It presents both dances from upper Brittany (French-speaking culture) and western Brittany (Breton-speaking culture).

The name is in contra-distinction to Upper Brittany, the eastern part of Brittany, which is of a predominantly Romance culture.

Rising sun garden (Jardin du Soleil levant) in the Botanical garden of Upper Brittany.

The miniature types of Maure-de-Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine and Couville are typical of Upper Brittany.

Another minority language of Brittany is Gallo; Gallo is spoken only in Upper Brittany, where Breton has never been strong.

University of Rennes 2 - Upper Brittany (short for Université Rennes 2 - Haute Bretagne)

They under the direction of Father Jean Leuduger, a diocesan parish priest, Doctor of Theology and head of the Missions in Upper Brittany.

Breton language was traditionally spoken only in the western part of the region (Lower Brittany), as Gallo was spoken in the East (Upper Brittany).