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And why not sticking around the wonderful Finistére dept 29 of the region of Bretagne. And take you to see the real countryside in the so called off the beaten path ways. Follow me in my blog to see it and do search for almost anything. Let me update this older post for you and me.

The Church of Saint-Houardon located in Landerneau,  was the seat of the parish of Saint-Houardon in Landerneau until 2017, the date on which the deanery which stretches from Saint-Thonan to Rosnoën and from Logonna-Daoulas to Loc-Eguiner, twenty-two active steeples, not to mention Beuzit-Conogan, is erected in a single parish. A first Saint Houardon Church stood on the shore of the Élorn river . It was rebuilt in the 16C. In 1604, it is enlarged from a southern porch. In 1858, the Church was dismantled and reassembled in the city center, where it is seen today. The operation was financed by emperor Napoleon III.

On either side of the Elorn river, a church was built. This river was indeed the natural boundary between the two former counties, Léon and Cornouaille, which had their own diocese. Right bank side Leon, the Church St. Houardon was completely moved in the 19C. Closer to the river initially, it could no longer accommodate all the parishioners. Reconstruction and expansion work lasted 3 years, from 1848 to 1861. The porch was raised in finely worked kersantite stone and its slender Bell Tower accompanied by a turret staircase.

The façade is divided into three floors: on the ground floor, a large arch, open between two corintian columns fluted, above an entablature in the antique, carrying a floor in the shape of attic adorned with three beautiful niches with shells and ten balusters and cushioned by a triangular pediment; on the second floor a sort of attic lower than the previous one and supporting a spoil whose concave curved crawlies are lined by a gusseted railing. Finally, crowning the whole, rises to the top a lantern with domes and balusters. At the corners of the Church Saint Houardon , two thick buttresses, placed obliquely and subdivided into four floors by strong moldings offer an abundant adornment of niches, small arcades, modillions, pilasters and skylights

Some webpages to help you plan your trip and understand this area are:

The city of Landerneau on its heritage: https://www.landerneau.bzh/un-peu-dhistoire-2/

The Landerneau Daoulas tourist office on Landerneau heritage: https://www.tourisme-landerneau-daoulas.fr/sortir-bouger/activites-culturelles-et-patrimoine/visites-guidees/landerneau-ville-historique-7370

The Bretagne region tourist office on Landerneau in English: https://www.brittanytourism.com/destinations/the-10-destinations/brest-terres-oceanes/landerneau/

There you go folks, enjoy it fully, wonderful town indeed glad I visited Landerneau in wonderful Finistére in my lovely Bretagne and in my belle France. This is part of the history of Landerneau.

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

And why not sticking around the wonderful Finistére dept 29 of the lovely region of Bretagne. And take you to see the real countryside in the so called off the beaten path ways. Follow me in my blog to see it and do search for almost anything.

Let me update this post for you and me of a wonderful monument in deep country Finistére. We have on the left bank on the Cornwall side, the Church of St. Thomas of Landerneau was also rebuilt in the 19C. Inside, the sand pits are a beautiful sight and distinguish by various motifs. Closer to the altar, an old wooden statue of the Virgin in an elongated position is interesting because of its original representation.

The Holy Bishop was almost immediately placed on the altars, and you have, in 1231, a church dedicated to the Holy Martyr, in Bénodet, a church that the Bishop of Quimper Rainaud gave, at that time, to the Abbey of Daoulas. It is, probably, this donation which was the occasion, for the Lords of Leon, founders of the Abbey and owners of Landerneau, to build, at the gate of this city, a church in honor of St. Thomas, which they also gave to the Abbey, and which became the Priory-curie of St. Thomas, from the first half of the 13C.  The primitive Church was rebuilt towards the end of the 16C, and the Tower built on the Sunday of Trinity of 1607.

The origin of the parish of St. Thomas, whose name refers to Saint Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered in 1170, would be a Priory belonging to the Abbey of Daoulas and installed from 1218. The early St. Thomas Church of Canterbury dates from the 13C. It was rebuilt in the 16C and restored in 1849.  It was transformed  into a decadary Temple in 1798. during the French revolutionary period.

It has a large nave with aisles and a flat bedside. What strikes is its belltower-porch with 3 galleries and finished in a dome. It was erected between 1607 and 1630, the date of completion. Threatening to collapse, it had to be dropped and reassembled in 1849. The façade of the Bell Tower and the porch are decorated with stone statues of St Francis of Assisi, St Eloi and a Virgin at the Calvary above the entrance. To see inside a cowl with gadroons of 1701, the altarpiece of the master altar carved in 1711 , and a rare wooden statue of the  Virgin mother lying of the 15C. The Church of St Thomas is located at the place St Thomas.

Some webpages to help you plan your trip here and its worth the detour are:

The SPREV safeguard of heritage association tells more of the church: http://www.sprev.org/centre-sprev/landerneau-eglise-saint-thomas-de-cantorbery/

The city of Landerneau on its heritage: https://www.landerneau.bzh/un-peu-dhistoire-2/

The Landerneau Daoulas tourist office on its heritage: https://www.tourisme-landerneau-daoulas.fr/sortir-bouger/activites-culturelles-et-patrimoine/visites-guidees/landerneau-ville-historique-7370

The Bretagne region tourist office on Landerneau in English: https://www.brittanytourism.com/destinations/the-10-destinations/brest-terres-oceanes/landerneau/

There you go folks, enjoy it fully, wonderful town indeed  in wonderful  Finistére in my lovely Bretagne and in my belle France. This is part of the history of Landerneau.

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