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! 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 Board on the Basilica Church Notre Dame de la Joie:https://www.morbihan.com/pontivy/eglise-notre-dame-de-joie/tabid/12562/offreid/661c2659-36e0-498b-9fcd-0bd559ec933c
The Bretagne region Tourist Board 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. 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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