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Castel (Guernésiais: Lé Casté; French Sainte-Marie-du-Câtel) is the largest parish in Guernsey in terms of area. The parish church of St Marie de Castel is notable for its preserved medieval fresco and for the presence of a pre-Christian neolithic menhir in the churchyard, thought to be carved to represent a female fertility symbol. It was consecrated on 25 August 1203.〔 The Parish has clear evidence of changes in ancient sea-levels, with trunks of a oak forest visible on Vazon beach at very low tide and at 8m above sea level an ancient beach. The old Guernésiais nickname for people from Castel was ''ânes pur sàng''. The parish plays host to both Le Viaër Marchi and the North Show which includes the Battle of Flowers annually. The postal code for street addresses in this parish begins with GY5. ==Features== The features of the parish include: * St Marie de Castel church 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Castel Church )〕 * Sausmarez Park 〔 * National Trust of Guernsey Folk Museum 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NTG FOLK & COSTUME MUSEUM, SAUMAREZ PARK )〕 * Military: * * Parish war memorial inside church 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Castel Parish Memorial, Guernsey )〕 * * Tower 12, Vazon Bay * * Hougue Batteries Left & Right dating from the Napoleonic Wars * * Grandes Rocques Battery dating from the Napoleonic Wars * * Burton Battery dating from the Napoleonic Wars * * Le Guet watchhouse * * Fort Hommet, at Vazon 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fort Hommet headland )〕 * * Fort Hommet 10.5 cm Coastal Defence Gun Casement Bunker at Vazon 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fort Hommet )〕 * * German fortifications, built during the occupation 1940-45 * Archaeology: * * Castel Church Statue Menhir〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Castel Church Statue Menhir )〕 * Beaches * * Cobo 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cobo Bay )〕 * * Grandes Rocques (Saline) 〔 * * Port Soif * * Vazon 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The ten cleanest beaches in Britain )〕 * * Albecq * Nature reserves * * Fort Hommet 〔 * * Port Soif/Portinfer * * Rue de Bergers 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rue des Bergers )〕 * Le Guet * Kings Mills village * Fauxquets Valley * Talbot Valley * A number of protected buildings 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PROTECTED BUILDINGS )〕 The parish of the Castel hosts: * La Chambre de la Douzaine * Castel School, a primary school * La Mare de Carteret School * Les Beaucamps High School * La Grande Mare golf course * King George V Playing Fields * Guernsey Indoor Bowls Centre * King George VII Hospital * Guernsey Rovers AC ground 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Guernsey Rovers AC )〕 * Battle of Flowers, an annual event * Le Viaër Marchi, an annual community event〔 * Numerous hotels and restaurants * Surf school at Vazon * Country walks 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Castel, Guernsey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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