The Church Saint Saturnin of Belz !!!

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And continuing with my road warrior trips around coastal Morbihan dept 56 of Bretagne in my belle France. These areas are very close to me and do spent quite a bit of time around them. However, I am updating with new text and links for you and me. Therefore, here is my take on the Church Saint Saturnin of Belz !!! Hope you enjoy it as I did.

One of the quant towns in coastal (south) Morbihan is Belz. It is less than 19 km from my house! Belz is located on the edge of the Etel estuary inland sea, about 20 km from Lorient, 15 km from Auray and 35 km from Vannes. The territory of Belz is bounded to the north and west by the ria of Etel, to the south by Erdeven and to the east by Locoal-Mendon.  The town of Belz is bounded by the Etel estuary, by towns of Erdeven and Locoal-Mendon. It also includes the Saint-Cado island, located on the Etel estuary(see post). One of the nicest one in the bourg or city center is the Church Saint Saturnin. Let me tell you a bit more on it.

The Church of Saint-Saturnin was built in 1914. In the past there was a Saint-Saturnin church in Belz, of Romanesque origin, but the last major restoration of which dated from 1678. This church, due to lack of maintenance and necessary restoration work, was unsuccessful. In a state of disrepair, it was destroyed in 1913. The new Church Saint Saturnin in Neo-Gothic style was built immediately after. The work began in May 1914 . Despite the declaration of war,(WWI) , it continued until the end of the year. For lack of money, the bell tower was not built. The church is dedicated to Saint Saturnin, bishop martyred in Toulouse (known here as Saint Sernin, see post on basilica) around 250. Divided into four bays, the nave has superimposed broken arched windows. The choir is formed by two straight bays and with two lean-to sacristies. There is a wooden ex-voto ,a votive tuna boat that bears the name of “Sainte Anne d’Auray”.

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The city of Belz on heritage including the Church Saint Saturnin: https://www.mairie-belz.fr/bourg,317.html

The tourist office of the Bay of Quiberon on Belz: https://www.baiedequiberon.bzh/belz

And there you go folks, doing justice to the wonderful architecture and history of my region dept 56 Morbihan in my lovely Bretagne. You will do well to stop by Belz if anything for its delicacies of the sea. Again,hope you enjoy the post on the Church Saint Saturnin of Belz !!! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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