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Brocéliande today

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Brocéliande

Brocéliande is a legendary enchanted forest of medieval European literature, especially associated with Arthurian tales. Medieval sources and later tradition link features such as the fountain of Barenton, the Val sans Retour, and a tomb of Merlin to this forest; in modern times it is commonly identified with the Paimpont forest in Brittany, France. The name functions as both a mythic landscape in romance and an identifiable wooded area in the Breton countryside.

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Its prime

1200

Today

Legendary

As it stood in 1200

What Brocéliande looked like in its prime.

A broad, mixed deciduous wood of tall beech and oak trunks, dense understory of ferns and bracken, and a carpet of wet autumn leaves; moss and lichen cling to bark and scattered stones, with narrow muddy tracks, occasional clearings, small springs and pools like Barenton, and isolated Neolithic slabs or cairns half-buried in moss beneath a dappled, often mist-softened canopy.

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8 places to explore in 1200.

The record describes 8 distinct spots at Brocéliande, the full exterior approach. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Approach at the forest edgeFontaine de Barenton (the bubbling spring)Val sans Retour (the trapped vale)Tombeau de Merlin (allée couverte)Ancient hollow oak (Merlin's tree)Hêtre de Pontus (veteran beech)Mossy megaliths and cairnsInterior path through bracken and understorey

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