This is little Beignon !!

Posted in Bretagne, France

And here I continue updating and taking you so some off the beaten paths towns of my beautiful Morbihan, in lovely Brittany, and in my belle France. The quantity as well as quality still amazes me  I will do this instroductory post in my black and white series, no pictures. Oh yes this is a small town of Beignon! Of course, we come here by car,king of the road ! Let me tell you on this is little Beignon !! Hope you enjoy the post as I

Beignon is a town in the forest of Paimpont (see post). The parish of Beignon exists from the 8C. The lordship of Beignon was probably given to the Bishop of Saint-Malo by the sires of Gaël, ancestors of the Lords of Montfort, so that the prelate would establish his summer residence (more precisely in Saint-Malo-de-Beignon -see post)). Other historians bring back this donation to the year 866 where reined the King of Brittany Solomon.

Other places to visit  here with time are: St. Peter’s Church (église Saint Pierre)  burned in 1483, and was rebuilt in the 15-16C. It was covered in 1539. Ransacked during the French revolution, it was rebuilt or restored in the early 19C. The birthplace of Father Gabriel Deshayes and the museum dedicated to him. He is a French priest known for his commitment to teaching, especially to the deaf. Superior of the congregations of the Montfortian and Daughters of Wisdom, second founder of the Brothers of Saint-Gabriel and founder of the Sisters of the Christian instruction of Saint-Gildas-des-Bois, of the Brothers of the Christian instruction of Ploërmel and of the Brothers Farmers of Saint Francis of Assisi.

The Beignon South Gate to Broceliande tourist office on Beignon heritage: http://www.beignon-porte-sud-broceliande.fr/tourisme-decouverte/patrimoine-religieux-beignon-d4.html

The Morbihan dept 56 tourist board on the St Peter’s Church in Beignon: https://www.morbihan.com/beignon/eglise-saint-pierre/tabid/12562/offreid/1352d353-ce94-4799-936b-23862d909539

To get to Beignon, again take the N24 from Rennes (see posts) as the town is closer. Here you can go by the town of Phélan-le-Grand (see post) , and take the D224/D724 same road to Beignon , or continue on the N24 to exit for D124 direction Beignon. The town of Beignon is closer to the Rennes-St Jacques airport and the train stations are at Ploërmel on the Rennes-Redon line (see post). There is a bus line Keolis Rennes-Pontivy and a TIV line Rennes-Paimpont but never taken them.

There you go folks, another wonderful ride thru the nice off the beaten paths of small town of Beignon of my beautiful Morbihan. We love the rides and do so every weekend, when possible. Bear with me and you too can have an unique visit to unique places on the off the beaten path trails. Again, hope you enjoy this post on this is little Beignon !! as I.

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

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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.

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