Calotte Saint-Joseph, Summit in Langonnet, Morbihan, France.
Calotte Saint-Joseph is a rounded, heath-covered hill rising to 292 metres in Langonnet, Morbihan. It is the department's highest summit but not its highest point, which lies at 301 metres in Gourin. Two orientation tables stand at the top, one facing south and one north; to the north the view stops at the nearby Menez Du hill, while the south and south-west open onto distant country.
The sources record no historical events for the summit; they describe only its geography. At 292 metres it is the highest summit in Morbihan, though not the department's culminating point, which reaches 301 metres at Gourin. It lies in the commune of Langonnet, and the Breton name Minez Sant-Jozeb refers to Saint Joseph.
The Breton name Minez Sant-Jozeb and the French Calotte Saint-Joseph both refer to Saint Joseph, the hill's patron. At the summit stand two orientation tables, one facing south and one facing north; from them the villages of La Trinité below and Plouray to the south-east can be picked out.
Two orientation tables stand at the summit, one facing south and one facing north. The rounded top is covered in heathland, and the view opens 360 degrees: the Menez Du hill closes the horizon to the north, the Saint Tugdual ridge to the south-east, while the south and south-west look far out over the fields toward the villages of La Trinité below and Plouray beyond.
Two orientation tables stand at the top, one facing south and one facing north. The southern view reaches the village of La Trinité at the foot of the hill and, further off to the south-east, the village of Plouray.
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