Photo: Front & center, a cross (in the cross patonce style, with its three top points ending in a triple-leaf shape evocative of the fleur-de-lis) mounted on a burial vault in a cemetery surrounding a church is a Basque village. Some suggest that the triple leaves at the tips of this type of cross are symbolic of the virtues of faith, wisdom, and chivalry.
The church is Église Saint-Fructueux; the village, Itxassou.
There are quite a few grave markers just beyond it and a stone wall beyond those. Further off, down a hill, there are a couple of buildings on both flanks of the photo, both in the Basque traditional style of white stucco with dark red window shutters and red tile roofs. And beyond the buildings is woodland and a few Basque-style farm buildings on the side of Mount Errebi.
September 2025
Itxassou, France
OM-1MarkII: ƒ/6.3, 1/160, 35mm, ISO200
Down Cemetery Road
(well, technically: "Church Road" but work with me here)
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September 2025
Église Saint-Fructueux
Chemin de l'Église, #Itxassou, #France