The Church Notre Dame of Cherrueix !!!

Posted in Bretagne, France

And yes on my continuation of my latest road warrior escapades I arrive to the bay of Mont Saint Michel on the Breton side and the beach town of Cherrueix !!! I like to tell you about this latest adventures in my lovely Bretagne !!!Finding new places that are nice enough to be in my blog, me think, Therefore, here is my take on the Church Notre Dame of Cherrueix !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

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The town of Cherrueix is ​​located by the sea in the department 35 of Ille-et-Vilaine, in my lovely Bretagne region. It is between Saint-Malo and Mont-Saint-Michel and populated by only 1,160 inhabitants in the heart of the mythical bay of Mont-Saint- Michel. From the seaside, on a clear day, you can see from left to right on the beach to Cancale, the islands of Chausey, Granville and finally Mont Saint-Michel.

The parish of Cherrueix was part of the deanery of Dol under the bishopric of Dol and was under the patronage of Notre Dame. This former parish was attested in 1181.  The three main economic activities of Cherrueix are mussel farming, agriculture and tourism. You see a picturesque succession of hamlets-rows stretch along the road along the dyke, in which the town/village is located, itself in the street.

The nice thing to see here is the Church Notre Dame built from the 11C to the 15C and built after the shape of a boat. It consists of a Romanesque nave and a Gothic choir. It has a Latin cross plan covered with paneling. Of the Romanesque building, the north and south walls of the nave remain. In the 14C, the choir and the transept were built.; the sacristy in 1819 and the west tower in 1830. The interior is redesigned and some windows of the nave are enlarged. It is 28 meters long, about 5 meters wide and 10 meters high.

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It consists of a nave with a straight chevet and a transept. The entrance door is flanked by two columns. The north wall has two loophole windows and flat buttresses from the 11C. The window in the sacristy dates from the 14C; it could belong to the old prohibitive chapel of the lords of Sallets. The nave dates from the 11-14C. The pointed arch arcades of the nave date from the 16C. The chapels of the Virgin and Saint Anne date from the 16-17C, a period to which the current choir, the south wall of the nave and the bell tower also belong. There are three fixed and painted wooden altars. The confessional dates from 1827. The stalls date from 1843. The altarpiece in the north transept dates from 1841. The Way of the Cross was erected on April 14, 1839.  A new Way of the Cross was blessed on July 21, 1890. The pews of the church date from 1891.  At the bottom of the church is a tower built in 1830, it is 24 meters high: it ends with a lantern and surmounted by a cross, and it contains three bells.

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The town of Cherrueix on its heritage : https://cherrueix.fr/la-commune/historique

There you go folks, another nice wonder of my lovely Bretagne, always more always will be more, This was a nice find in pretty quant Cherrueix indeed.  Glad to have stop by, and looking forward to have it enjoy it with my readers. Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Church Notre Dame of Cherrueix !!! 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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