The Church Saint-Gilles of Saint Gilles Vieux Marché !!

Posted in Bretagne, France

So on my road warrior routes in my lovely Bretagne (Fr) or Brittany (En) or Breizh (Breton) I came up to little Saint Gilles Vieux Marché in neighboring Côtes d’Armor dept 22  right up the alley from me in about an hour. I went to see a friend with my boys and Dad , and passed by this town. Therefore, here is my take on the.Church Saint-Gilles of Saint Gilles Vieux Marché !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

While at it we passed by some interesting little towns with nice monuments I like to have it recorded in my blog. I took up on my road D768 towards Pontivy and then D767 towards Mur de Bretagne (town today call Guérledan) continuing on to Saint Mayeux, then side stepping to Saint Gilles Vieux Marché on the road D69 and back on D767 to the D70 reaching Plussulien ,and finally back on the D767 to reach Le Haut Corlay, and my friend’s visit.

After the visit and lunch, we continue back in our road warrior travels indulging in new roads and new things to see as in the intriguing name town of  Saint Gilles Vieux Marché. This town was called trèfle du Vieulx Marché in 1535-1536, just Vieux Marché in the 18C, and then Saint-Gilles-du-Vieux-Marché from 1801. From 1793 during the high of the French revolution, the name became again Vieux-Marché. A decree dated October 27, 1801 officially fixes the final form of Saint-Gilles-Vieux-Marché. It is about 6 km of old Mûr de Bretagne (today call Guerlédan).   A huge cycling area (see posts).

The main thing to see here is the Church Saint-Gilles rebuilt from 1894 to 1896. It has an external bell tower, a nave with aisles of six spans and a choir. The first stone was blessed on September 23, 1894 and the church on July 5, 1896. The interior of the church houses several statues including those of Saint-Méen, Saint-Gilles, Saint-André and Saint-Yves, sculpted stalls and a master stained window representating Jesus, Saint-Yves, Saint Gildas and Saint-Hermoët.In the past, roosters were offered at the pardon of Saint-Gilles. Saint-Gilles is a saint of Greek origin who came to the South of Gaul. 

saint-gilles-vieux-marche-ch-st-gilles-side-afar-feb20

Other things to see here are the Château du Quellenec, 18C. the Poulancre manor, 17C, the chapel of Saint-Yves, 18C, and the stone or Menhir de Callac.

The town of Saint Gilles Vieux Marché on its heritage: http://www.saint-gilles-vieux-marche.fr/le-patrimoine.html

 There you go folks, another wonderful ride into the countryside of my lovely Bretagne; pure nature and we had sunshine here too! The road warrior freedom of travel, can’t be beat anywhere! Again, hope you enjoy the post on the  Church of Saint-Gilles of Saint Gilles Vieux Marché !! as I

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

Unknown's avatar

Published by pedmar10

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.

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.