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Gleann Da Loch - Glendalough - Co. Wicklow - Ireland
The Glendalough Valley is located in the Wicklow Mountains National Park in eastern Ireland and has remarkable sites from its world famous Monastic Site with Round Tower to its scenic lakes and valleys.
La vallée de Glendalough est située dans le Parc national des montagnes de Wicklow à l'Est de l'Irlande et offre de remarquables sites avec son célèbre monastère mais aussi ses paysages de lacs et de vallées.

Glendalough Round Tower
Round towers were the Campaniles of Early lrish Monasteries and were used to summon the monks to prayer. The Glendalough Round tower is 100 feet high and has six floors. The top storey has four windows. and the other upper storeys have one each. The door is almost 12 feet above ground and was presumably reached by means of a movable ladder which those inside could pull up after them to prevent an enemy from entering the tower. This Round Tower was probably built some time between 900 and 1200.
Les tours rondes constituaient au début de l'ère des monastères irlandais une sorte de beffroi pour appeler les moines à la prière. La tour ronde de Glendalough mesure 30 mètres de haut avec six étages. La porte d'entrée se situe à 3 mètres au dessus du sol et on y avait vraisemblablement accès à l'aide d'une échelle mobile rétractable à l'intérieur afin de se protéger des éventuelles attaques ennemies. Cette tour ronde a probablement été construite entre 900 et 1200.

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Glendalough Cathedral
Glendalough, or the Glen of two Lakes, is one of the most important sites of maonastic ruins in Ireland. It is also known as the city of the seven Churches. The Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul is the largest of the seven churches. It was built in several phases from the 10th through the early 13th century.
Glendalough, ou la vallée des deux lacs, est l'un des plus importants sites monastiques d'Irlande. On l'appelle le site des sept Eglises. La cathédrale de St Pierre et de St Paul est la plus grande des sept églises et fut construite en plusieurs phases entre le 10ème et le début du 13ème siècle.
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St Kevin Church
This early Christian monastic settlement was founded by St. Kevin in the 6th century. St Kevin’s Church is commonly known as St Kevin's Kitchen. This is a barrel-vaulted oratory of hard mica schist with a steeply pitched roof and a round tower belfry (12th C).
Ce site monastique chrétien a été fondé par saint Kevin, un moine du 6ème siècle. L'église de St Kevin, tout près de la Cathédrale, est un oratoire voûté construit en micaschiste dur avec un toit à forte pente et un clocher en tour ronde datant du 12ème siècle.
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Reefert Church
This church may have been built in around the 11th century. lt standson a site which has always been regarded as the burial place of the local chieftain's clan - the O'Tooles. ln the surrounding cemetery are a number of Early Christian gravestones as well as a cross with interlacing decoration.
Cette église a sans doute été construite vers le 11ème siècle. Elle est sur un site qui a toujours été considéré comme le lieu de sépulture de la branche locale du clan des O'Tooles. Dans le cimetière adjacent, on trouve de vieilles pierres tombales ainsi qu'une croix décorés de motifs entrelacés.
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Glendalough wood nature reserve
The Glendalough monastic site was above flood level and had fertile soil. The monks would have made good use of these woodlands, gathering herbs for culinary and medicinal purposes and timber for fuel.
Le monastère de Glendalough disposait d'un sol fertile. Les moines ont exploité la forêt en cueillant des herbes à des fins culinaires et médicinales et en utilisant le bois comme combustible.
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Glendalough Upper Lake - Glendalough Lower Lake - Glenealo River
At the end of the last Ice Age, Glendalough Valley had only one lake. However over the centuries rock and silt washing down the stream caused a delta to form. This eventually stretched across the valley so dividing the lake in two, hence its Irish name Gleann Dá Loch (the glen of the two lakes).
A la fin de la dernière période glaciaire, la vallée de Glendalough avait un seul lac. Cependant, l'action de l'eau et les dépôts de limon au cours des siècles ont fini par former un delta, ce qui a divisé le lac en deux, d'où son nom irlandais "Gleann Dá Loch" (la vallée des deux lacs).
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Poulanass Waterfall
This pretty waterfall in Glendalough cuts through a gorge in the mica-schist. The waterfall formed in a hanging valley - a glacial feature from the last Ice Age, 10,000 years ago.
La cascade de Poulanass dévale à travers une gorge dans le mica-schiste. La chute d'eau se serait formée dans une vallée suspendue, il ya 10.000 ans environ lors de la dernière période glaciaire.
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Glendalough Valley - Old Mine Site
The Glendalough Valley was carved out by glaciers during the Ice Age and the two lakes, from which Glendalough gets its name (Irish : Gleann Da Loch, the glen of the two lakes), were formed when the ice eventually thawed.
La vallée de Glendalough (en Irlandais : Gleann Da Loch, la vallée des deux lacs) a été sculptée par les glaciers pendant l'ère glaciaire et les deux lacs ont été formés lors des phases de réchauffement.
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