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Carhaix - Office de tourisme
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Carhaix - Ancien pont gaulois
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town of Carhaix is located at the limit of Côtes d’Armor, du Morbihan,
de l’Ille et Vilaine et du Finistère departments. With semi-way between
the Mounts of Arrée and the mountains blacks, the situation of Carhaix
is the source of its prosperity which always depended on the
transportation routes. |
 Carhaix - Festival des vieilles charrues
Vorgium In the past, Carhaix was intended to become a window on the
Roman civilisation. It was located in the heart of the osism territory,
this Gallic tribe that occupied the west of the peninsula. The spot was
located in the vicinity of an ancient political power centre (the
oppidum of Huelgoat, the fortress of Paule) and undoubtedly of a well
established network of Gallic roads that the newcomers will develop.
Later, in spite of a weak population Carhaix thrived peacefully |
 Carhaix - Centre culturel Glenmor
to its fairs and became one of the major administrative centres of
interior Brittany. After the revolution the city will live a long
period of seclusion victim of its situation until the construction of a
new transportation route “the channel from Nantes to Brest” in the 19th
century. A little later, the train will once for all open the city to
the outside world. At the present time, Carhaix is famous for its
cultural events; in particular the old carts festival which is a foot
of nose to the rural situation of the city. |
