The Chartreuse Saint Michel of Brec’h, part I !!!

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This is a wonderful spot, a monument to Bretagne/Brittany/Breizh in the town of Brec’h. Of course, in my beautiful Morbihan. I have mentioned this spot briefly but need to have a post of its own, me think. Therefore, here is my take on the Chartreuse Saint Michel of Brec’h, part I !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I

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Brec’h is crossed by the Loc’h river. It is surrounded by other towns such as my current Pluvigner, and Auray, Landaul, Locoal-Mendon, Plumergat, Pluneret, Ploemel and Crach. Brec’h, in Breton, means ” Mountain “. Brec’h includes 26 hamlets and localities, I lived on Corn er Hoet !

On September 29, 1364, the battle of Auray (see post) took place near the Kerzo swamp. The future Duke Jean IV de Montfort triumphs over his rival Charles de Blois. This one is killed, while his second, the knight Bertrand Du Guesclin, is taken prisoner. This victory puts an end to the War of the Succession of Brittany. In August 1795, near the same Kerzo marsh, nearly a thousand royalist and Chouan emigres (from England) were shot after the failed landing at Quiberon. In the Champ des Martyrs, a mausoleum was built in 1828 in commemoration. The remains are kept in the Chartreuse St Michel, In May 2015, Prince Louis de Bourbon (legitime king Louis XX) went to Brec’h, with his wife Princess Marie-Marguerite, during his official visit to Morbihan. He then announced the financing of the restoration of the Expiatory Chapel of Champ-des-Martyrs by the House of Bourbon.

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A hugely historical monument is the Chartreuse St Michel, it was built in 1382 in memory of the soldiers who fought in the war of succession in Brittany ,where the toughest battle was held on Sunday, September 29 1364 the day of St Michel. François II, Duke of Brittany change the collegiale of the monastery of Chartreux in 1480 , an order founded by St Bruno. Under the French revolution, the chartreuses were  chase out. The abbey Gabriel Deshayes, priest of Auray put in here in 1812 the Filles de la Sagesse, or Daughters of the Wisdom who were in charge of caring for the blind, deafs, and hard of hearing or understood. In 1814, under the restauration in France, the bones of the immigrants who were shot in firing squad during the revolution at the Champ des Martyrs (field of heroes) in 1795 were transfert here . It is by the village of Penhoet, part of Brech off D120e coming to Brech on the D768 off the N165 expressway.  It is part handle by a retirement center, Daughters of the wisdom  webpage: http://fillesdelasagesse.free.fr/reseaux/chartreuse.php

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An attach building is held by an order of Montforistes religious order and houses homes for the needed and impaired.  I have been and it is nice.

The city of Brec’h on the Chartreuse : https://www.brech.fr/a-voir/le-patrimoine-historique/la-chartreuse/la-grande-histoire-de-la-chartreuse/

The Bay of Quiberon tourist office on the Chartreuse : https://www.baiedequiberon.co.uk/to-see-to-do/culture-and-heritage/chapels-and-churches/the-charterhouse

There you go folks, another dandy historical monument in my neck of the woods, of my beautiful Morbihan and close by Brec’h, always will be my introduction to Bretagne !!! Again, hope you enjoy the post on the Chartreuse Saint Michel of Brec’h, part I !!! 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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