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Torteval (Guernésiais: Tortévas) is the smallest of the ten parishes of Guernsey, situated in the Western Parishes region. Its name comes from the Guernésiais words for 'twisting valley'. The parish is split in two by the parish of St. Pierre du Bois, with the part in the east known as Torteval. The detached peninsula to the west is named Pleinmont-Torteval. It features the westernmost point in Guernsey, and a nature reserve. The reserve, designed for birds in the 1970s, is to be redeveloped for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2012. In Guernésiais, people from Torteval were nicknamed "ânes à pid dé ch'fa", or 'donkeys with horse's hooves'. In the centre of the parish is a church built in 1818 with one of the oldest bells in the Channel Islands. The church is built on the site of an earlier church, consecrated on 4 November 1140, that had fallen into disrepair. The current church has the tallest steeple in Guernsey, and is intended to be used as a sea-mark. The postal code for street addresses in this parish begins with GY8. ==Features== The features of the parish include: * Torteval church * La Tables des Pions 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Pleinmont Fairy Ring )〕 * Military: * * Parish war memorial is outside the parish church〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Torteval Parish Memorial, Guernsey )〕 * * Fort Pezeries 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fort Pezeries )〕 * * Les Tielles Battery dating from the Napoleonic Wars * * Narron Battery dating from the Napoleonic Wars * * Pleinmont Battery dating from the Napoleonic Wars * * Ruined Watch-house, Pleinmont (mentioned in Victor Hugo's book 'The Toilers of the Sea') 〔 * * Pleinmont Observation Tower 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pleinmont Observation Tower )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NAVAL RANGE-FINDING TOWER (MP3) )〕 * * Batterie Dollmann 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Batterie Dollman )〕 * * German fortifications, built during the occupation 1940-45 * A number of protected buildings 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PROTECTED BUILDINGS )〕 * Bays * * Portelet * * Rocquaine * Pleinmont Point * Cliff paths * Abreuvoirs (places for cattle to drink) 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Guernsey Abreuvoirs )〕 * Torteval nature reserve 〔 The parish of Torteval hosts: * The Torteval Douzaine * Torteval scarecrow festival 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=In pictures: Scarecrows take over Torteval )〕 * TV relay tower * Hotels and restaurants * Countryside 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「Torteval, Guernsey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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