This is Pontorson !!

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Again, my road warrior instincts took me to the road. And what a nice ride it was, sunny clear skies and just wonderful trip with the boys and Dad tagged along. We have passed by this town many many times always on the run elsewhere, and never stop inside. This was the moment to do it and glad we did. Let me tell you a bit about Pontorson !!

The city of Pontorson is located in the Manche department 50 in the Normandy region, It is located 9 km from Mont-Saint-Michel, 22 km from Avranches, 45 km from Granville, 77 km from Rennes, 90 km from Saint-Lô and 363 km from Paris. There is a train station at Place de la Gare that is open from June 30 to September 4 2022 as for this year,never used and do not think will just for info. It is about 2h10 from my house!

Pontorson cv entr jul22

The city of Pontorson is crossed by the Couesnon, one of the three rivers in the bay of Mont Saint-Michel, and surrounded by more than 10 km of marshland to the south and by more than 4,800 hectares of polders.The territory of the current town is placed under the ephemeral domination of the kings of Brittany, undoubtedly with the Cotentin in the 9-10C by the Treaty of Compiègne. It lost this Breton status following the Normans’ penetration of the provisional border of the Sélune, which reestablished it on the Couesnon. On the other hand, the suburb located in addition to Couesnon retains its connection to Brittany. Some noticeable dates me think are on October 23, 1370, Bertrand Du Guesclin and Olivier de Clisson concluded a pact of brotherhood in arms at Pontorson. On November 18, 1793, the town was the site of the Battle of Pontorson, during the Virée de Galerne, during the Vendée wars (or wars of the west against the French revolution). Marcel Proust quotes Pontorson in the first volume of In Search of Lost Time, Swann’s Way, Part Three Country Names: the name, “Questembert, Pontorson, laughable and naive, white feathers and yellow beaks scattered over the route of these fluvial and poetic places”. There !

Located 5 km from Mont Saint-Michel, in Pontorson on the road D776, the Moidrey mill dating from 1806 has resumed service after more than a century of oblivion and a restoration that was completed in 2003. It is a mill-tower whose mechanism has been reconstructed identically. It is in operation and is open to visitors.

Pontorson Moulin Moidrey afar jul22

In 1870, the city of Pontorson proposed the construction of a first City/Town Hall. Which has an architecture similar to the current one. The one today is from 1902 and it was erected in the middle of the Halle (which was built around 1862). We therefore destroyed the center of the Halle, to subtly place the new City/Town Hall of Pontorson. This is a nice building as govt ones goes and right across from the Notre Dame Church.

Pontorson hotel de ville wide jul22

The city of Pontorson on its heritage : https://patrimoine.pontorson.eu/

The Mont Saint Michel tourist office on Pontorson : https://www.ot-montsaintmichel.com/en/discover/extend-the-discovery-of-the-bay/the-bay-of-mont-saint-michel-normandy-side/pontorson-and-the-journey-to-the-mills/

There you go folks, another dandy spot in my belle France!  This is Pontorson, really the gateway to Mont Saint Michel, you will love it here, more calm and ambiance of a local town. Again, hope you enjoy the post 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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