I have heard a while back about Hennebont as been a fortified city , so decided to go take a look. The town is 10 km from Lorient, 45 km from Vannes , and only 24 km from my house, and by now we have come here several times. In my new road warrior rides in my beautiful Morbihan, I like to showcase finally with its own post the wonderful Viaduc of Hennebont !! Hope the post will bring you over, worth it me think. Hope you enjoy the post as I.
The town of Hennebont is the gateway to the Blavet river! The bridge or viaduc is a semi-circular arch railway bridge on the line Nantes-Brest , It consists of five arches of 22 meters and six arches of 10 meters opening for a length of 222 meters , a width of 8 meters with a maximum height of 28.5 meters.
It was built for the arrival of the railway in the region in 1863, the viaduc was inaugurated on September 21, 1862.Built over the Blavet river to allow rail traffic between Savenay and Landerneau, The viaduc construction began in 1860 and ended in June 1862.
.From Vannes or Lorient, take the train to Hennebont. Passing over the viaduc which overlooks the Blavet river , you cannot miss the port and the medieval ramparts ! Great views indeed.
The city of Hennebont on its heritage :https://www.hennebont.bzh/decouvrir-hennebont/tourisme/les-incontournables/
The local Lorient south Brittany tourist board on Hennebont :https://www.lorientbretagnesudtourisme.fr/fr/immanquables/hennebont/
There you go folks, a dandy town of Hennebont and its wonderful viaduc. A magical place and impressive walls intact, a must to see me think. See my other posts on nice Hennebont.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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.
View all posts by pedmar10
Paris1972-Versailles2003 