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012. Saint-Martin-le-Vieux. The church plan. Regularly oriented from
west to east, the rectangular building is formed by a long nave and a
flat apse choir. The whole building has an external length of 26,5
meters and an external width of 6,4 meters (width of the front). The
double belfry added in the 16th century rises between nave and choir.
Plan by Marie Lebert.

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013. Saint-Martin-le-Vieux. The south wall of the Romanesque nave. The
large bay with a lowered centering was probably added in the 16th
century, during the building of the double belfry. On the right of this
large bay, the centering of the small Romanesque bay is carved in a
granite block. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-004]

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014. Saint-Martin-le-Vieux. The south wall of the Romanesque nave and
its door, with its lowered centering and its abutments with chamfered
edges. The small bay on the left is also Romanesque. The masonry of the
walls is made of irregular blocks of schist and granite. Elements of
opus spicatum (fishbone masonry) are visible, a proof the south wall is
the oldest part of the church. Above the door, the little trefoil bay
was probably added in the 16th century, during the building of the
belfry. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-005]

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015. Saint-Martin-le-Vieux. The small Romanesque bay in the south wall
of the nave, with its lowered centering and its abutments in granite.
Photo by Claude Rayon. [Claude-04]

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016. Saint-Martin-le-Vieux. Behind the old cross, the double belfry
from the 16th century, built in granite from Chausey. Photo by Claude
Rayon. [Claude-05]

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017. Breville. Location. The village of Breville is located on the
coast, about 6 kilometers north of Granville. It was situated on a
medieval road that came from Cherbourg to go to Saint-Pair-sur-Mer
before reaching Mont Saint-Michel, the final destination for many
pilgrims.

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018. Breville. The Romanesque church in front of the line of dunes. In
the background, the tip of Granville stands on the left. But, In
Medieval Ages, Granville was almost non-existent, and the main town was
Saint-Pair-sur-Mer. Photo by Claude Rayon. [Claude-11]

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019. Breville. The Romanesque church among the trees. In the 12th
century, Breville had an active economic life, with fisheries, salines,
pitch sand and kelp used as f