The Church Saint Caradec of Hennebont !

Posted in Bretagne, France

And I continue my journey into wonderful travel corners of our world with my family, many nice memories, today more than ever. I came upon this older post and need to update on text and links on the lovely fortified city of Hennebont. Therefore, here is my take on the Church Saint Caradec of Hennebont ! Hope you enjoy the post as I

Today was a sunny day to begin and then cloudy at the end, seems the Summer does not want to really begin. Already the first weekend of family vacations in France and the roads show it. I went back to one of my favorite towns to spent the day on secondary roads. Hennebont is a nice fortified city with ramparts by the river Blavet. I live less than 30 minutes by car from it so it’s a natural weekend gateaway for us. I took the scenic road  D768 direction Quiberon, (you can take it from the voie express or freeway of the N165) but at Plouharnel just before crossing the isthmus to Quiberon peninsula you take the road D781 direction Erdeven/Lorient continue following direction Lorient until you see the sign for Hennebont, take the second traffic circle into Hennebont Centre and you come right underneath the viaduc into the center of town, centre ville or downtown. Do read the individual posts on the things to see here!

The church dedicated to Saint-Caradec, priest and hermit of Great Britain, who died on April 13, 1124 , The Church Saint Caradec is located at rue Saint-Caradec, on the right bank of the Blavet river. The parish dates from the 13C, created by Henri d’Hennebont to satisfy the population living in the old town around the castle, seat of Kemenet-Héboé, a large lordship at the time . The church was rebuilt in 1732, and completely rebuilt again in 1777, and remodeled in 1895. In 1901, the last restructuring added choir aisles and vaults. Inside,  rarely accessible since it has been closed for at least 10 years, we would see an ex-voto in painted wood and a statue of Saint Isidore in polychrome wood, dating from the 18C. A yew tree dating from the 17C stands in the cemetery adjoining the church.

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The city of Hennebont on its religious monuments, see church:  https://www.hennebont.bzh/decouvrir-hennebont/patrimoine/decouvrir-hennebont-au-fil/hennebont-au-fil-du-sacre/

The local Lorient South Brittany tourist office on Hennebont: https://www.lorientbretagnesudtourisme.fr/fr/immanquables/hennebont/

The Bretagne region tourist office on Hennebont: https://www.brittanytourism.com/destinations/the-10-destinations/southern-brittany-morbihan-gulf/hennebont/

There you go folks, you can easily spent a full day here, on your way to the beaches or the other wonderful towns of magical beautiful Morbihan dept 56. Kenavo!! (Breton language means Au revoir, Goodbye). Again, hope you enjoy the post on the Church Saint Caradec of Hennebont 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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