The Chapelle Notre Dame des Victoires of Gourin !!

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And so continue on our latest trip in my beautiful department Morbihan 56 of the lovely region of Bretagne/Brittany in my belle France, we stay at Gourin! This is a town just one hour from my house yet this is our first time there! And we like it, will be back. This is an update of an older post and see the others on Gourin !!!

 After a bit of walk and some local advise we encounter the Chapel of the Virgin or Our Lady of Victory. I like to tell you a bit on it. Its enclosure included the cemetery, the Chapelle Notre-Dame des Victoires, a Pietà and an ossuary .

Located behind the church, in the old parish enclosure, the Notre-Dame des Victoires Chapel is also called the Chapel of the Virgin. Built in 1509, it was burned down during the French revolution then rebuilt and enlarged in 1830 as evidenced by the plaque above the door. Rectangular in plan with three naves and a three-sided apse, it is topped by a 16C bell tower with double superimposed lanterns. Inside is the tombstone of Tad Mad (Good Father), bearing an inscription recalling the veneration with which Jean-Marie Le Gorrec, parish priest of Gourin from 1758 to 1772, was surrounded for his dedication to the poor during an epidemic of dysentery. Two cherub heads are sculpted above the portal. The bottom of the southern slope is carved with a little hare which, according to legend, threw itself into the legs of passers-by and lovers who lingered in the cemetery in order to make them trip.

The parish enclosure, if not surrounded by walls, is still materialized and includes the Chapel Notre-Dame des Victoires, the church and the Pieta exterior, which dates from 1875. The Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Victoires or aka  Chapel of the Virgin b.1509. Destroyed by a fire, the chapel was restored and enlarged in 1830.

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It has a rectangular shape with three naves and a three-sided apse. The bell tower, with pinnacle double lantern superimposed, dates from the 16C. The steeple is carved with a little hare, which gave birth to a curious legend.  

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The city of Gourin on its chapels including ND des Victoires: http://www.gourin.fr/autres-chapelles.html

The Parish diocese of Gourin on the chapel: https://www.doyenne-gourin.fr/chapelles-et-pardons/gourin/notre-dame-des-victoires

There you go folks, a wonderful chapel in nice Gourin,  We will be back, really a nice friendly good ambiance town north of the Morbihan almost near the Finistére Breton. Again, hope you enjoy the find on the Chapelle Notre Dame des Victoires as I.

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

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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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