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- He is best known for having designed the national flag of Brittany. Biography Marchal's design for the flag of Brittany.
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In 1923 he designed the Breton national flag Gwenn ha du ("Black and White"). An artist, poet and illustrator, he participated in many Breton publications, political and intellectual. He also belonged to "Seiz Breur", a group of Breton artists.
Morvan Marchal (31 July 1900, Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine - 13 August 1963, Paris; also known as Maurice Marchal) was an architect and a prominent member of the Breton national movement. He is best known for having designed the national flag of Brittany .
Maurice Marchal, dit Morvan Marchal, est un architecte français actif dans le mouvement breton, né le 13 juillet 1900 à Vitré en Ille-et-Vilaine et mort le 13 août 1963 à Paris 10 e. Il est surtout connu pour être le créateur du Gwenn ha Du, drapeau à bandes noires et blanches de la Bretagne.
Mar 11, 2022 · In 1923, Morvan Marchal (1900-1963), a student in architecture and a founding member of the nationalist movement Breizh Atao (Brittany Forever) designed a new Breton flag. The design seems to have been inspired by the American Stars and Stripes and the Greek flag, or by the arms of the town of Rennes. Interestingly, the arms of the Irish ...
- Artefacts date back to the prehistoric era. Settlements in Brittany date back to prehistory, from 700,000 years BC. It is the site of some of the world’s oldest standing structures such as the the Neolithic Barnenez, the megalithic Carnac stones, and Tumulus Saint-Michel date back to the 5th century BC.
- It was inhabited by Gallic and Celtic tribes. The first written record dealing with Brittany comes from around 500 BC. At the time, the Gauls followed pagan traditions and were closely related to the Celts of the British Isles.
- The area was conquered by Julius Caesar and the Romans. Brittany was conquered by Julius Caesar in 56 BCE, on his way to the British Isles. The region became part of the Roman Empire as “Armorica” which was a Romanized version of the Celtic word for “seaside.”
- Celtic Britons from Wales and Cornwall took refuge here. The Celtic traditions in Brittany strengthened after the fall of Rome. This is because in the 5th and 6th centuries, the Britons of what is now Wales and Cornwall in Great Britain began to emigrate to Armorica (aka Brittany).
It was designed by a young architect from the town of Vitré called Morvan (Maurice) Marchal, who was an active member of the Emsav movement (pronounced Emzao), which campaigned for greater autonomy for the region, and even independence. Morvan Marchal was very committed to the cause.
The flag of Brittany ( Breton: banniel Breiz; French: drapeau de la Bretagne ), a region in the northwest of France, is called the Gwenn-ha-du ( [ɡwɛnaˈdyː] ), which means white and black, in Breton (French blanc et noir ). The flag was designed in 1923 by Morvan Marchal.
