This is a nice town of Pontivy up the road from us and we have visited plenty of course, even one my sons worked ! So many interesting things to see and one that is a must is the Basilica Notre Dame de la Joie of Pontivy, part III !! I like to tell you more as found older pictures not in my blog yet and they should. Again, not much on text as plenty on it in my blog already but just to show you new pictures for the blog. Hope you enjoy the post as I.
I bring you to the Basilica Church Notre Dame de la Joie of Pontivy. We only live about 40 minutes from here by car. The church is at Place Bourdonnay-du-Clézio . Built in the style neo gothic flamboyant,the statues of Notre-Dame de la Joie, sculpture in a trunk of oak wood and of Notre-Dame de la Délivrance, revered by the pregnant women are two wonderful sights to see inside.
The Notre-Dame-de-la-Joie Basilica (b. Church 1534), is located in the center of the medieval town of Pontivy. It is the old Saint-Ivy church, started in 1534 and dedicated to Notre-Dame in 1696. The church was consecrated basilica in 1959. This building, rebuilt in the 16C in the shape of a Latin cross, with a nave with three vessels and flanked by aisles in the nave, measures 45 meters by 18 meters approximately.
The Parish of Pontivy on the Basilica : https://paroisse-pontivy.fr/patrimoine/nos-eglises/pontivy
The Morbihan dept 56 Tourist Office on the Basilica Church Notre Dame de la Joie: https://morbihan.com/offres/eglise-notre-dame-de-joie-pontivy-fr-4411810/
The Bretagne region Tourist office on Pontivy: https://www.brittanytourism.com/destinations/the-10-destinations/heart-of-brittany-kalon-breizh/pontivy/
There you go folks, a dandy in my beautiful Morbihan and lovely Bretagne. Again ,hope you enjoy the post and do come to see the wonderful Basilica Church of Our Lady of Joy in city center Pontivy.
And remember, happy travel, 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
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