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And coming back at you with another off the beaten path gem of my beautiful Morbihan. This Guer has lots of architecture and history in it, and you can see my previous posts on it. However, new passing, new pictures and a new post on more curiosities of Guer ! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The town of Guer includes four subdivisions such as Guer-Coëtquidan, Saint-Raoul, La Telhaie and Bellevue-Coëtquidan where you will find the military schools of Saint-Cyr-Coëtquidan, (see post) located straddling the neighboring town of Saint-Malo-de –Beignon (see post). The town, also, borders on the forest of Brocéliande, where the legend of Merlin the magician, the fairy Morgane and the fairy Viviane is woven.

A bit on the town and city hall or mairie of Guer.  In 1795, the district was abolished and Guer became the capital of the municipality of the canton of Guer, made up of representatives of the towns of Guer and Monteneuf. In 1800, the municipal assembly was restored and Guer was integrated into the district of Ploërmel In 1801, it retained its status as chief town of the canton , maintained in 2014 delimiting the cantons in Morbihan . Since the abolition of the arrondissement of Ploërmel in 1926, Guer has been part of the arrondissement of Vannes. The current mairie or City hall was done between 1883 and 1889.

Boulangerie des Arcades 1 Pl. Claire Fontaine It has closed unfortunately, Before was a former cloister, this remarkable house is certainly the oldest in Guer; it dates from the 11C !

The city of Guer : https://www.ville-guer.fr/

The Guer-Coetquidan Broceliande tourist office on the heritage of Guer: http://www.guer-coetquidan-broceliande.fr/bisto/guer/guer2.html

There you go folks, again, another gem and an off the beaten path site of my beautiful Morbihan! As said, plenty to see here and all wonderful architecture and history in magical Guer. Hope you enjoy this post on more curiosities of Guer as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

Guer is located in my beautiful Morbihan department 56, in my lovely Bretagne of my belle France. It is bordering the Paimpont forest, often identified as the mythical forest of Brocéliande, where the legend of Merlin the enchanter, the fairy Morgane and the fairy Viviane is woven. Indeed magical area ! We came back to it for the town and its monuments and it was great, Do see my other posts on the town in my blog, Let me tell you a bit more of the national military camp and museum of St Cyr Coëtquidan of Guer and hope you enjoy the post as I.

This is something I have been trying to visit for years, Each time on my road warrior trips we just passed by it, Once we tried and it was closed, This time was no luck as well as it was closed too, Road warrior we really do not care for opening hours as we can always come back ,and we will until we can get it, For the meantime this is set in my blog as a reminder , This is a military academy with barracks ,housing,and leisure buildings on a large area, Anyway, hope you enjoy the post on knowing about it ,you can eventually visit it….

An important element in Guer for the military history buffs is the military camp famous since after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870.  The national military camp of St-Cyr Coëtquidan is located south of the forest of Brocéliande. With an area of 5253 hectares, it covers 6 towns: Campénéac (1 945 ha), Beignon (1 597 ha), Augan (568 ha), Porcaro (491 ha), Guer (358 ha) and Saint-Malo de Beignon (75 ha). The camp currently is hosting 3 military schools, As usual was closed for the museum not steady hours and as we are road warriors just pop in but do need to come back worth it me think, The official webpage:  https://www.st-cyr.terre.defense.gouv.fr/index.php/L-Academie/L-Ecole-Speciale-Militaire-de-Saint-Cyr

The officer’s museum in the military academy of St Cyr Guer : https://www.st-cyr.terre.defense.gouv.fr/index.php/Les-ecoles-de-Saint-Cyr-Coetquidan/Culture/Musee-de-l-officier

The Guer-Coetquidan Broceliande tourist office on the heritage of Guer :http://www.guer-coetquidan-broceliande.fr/bisto/guer/guer2.html

There you go folks, another gem and an off the beaten path town of Guer ! This was a revisit, new pictures on the wonderful military history, do see my other posts on the town, Hope you enjoy the post as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

Guer is located in my beautiful Morbihan department 56, in my lovely Bretagne of my belle France. It is bordering the Paimpont forest, often identified as the mythical forest of Brocéliande, where the legend of Merlin the enchanter, the fairy Morgane and the fairy Viviane is woven. Indeed magical area ! We came back to it for the town and its monuments and it was great, Do see my other posts on the town in my blog, Let me tell you a bit more of the Church of Saint Gurval of Guer and hope you enjoy the post as I.

The wonderful Church of Saint Gurval, there was a church here since the 9C when it was mentioned of the arrival of St Gurval as ermite in the 7C and gave its name. The actual church is built from 1807 to 1847,in the form of a Latin cross, with new renovations done in 1870. It is a wonderful little church. Do see the Odorico mosaic on the ground, reliquary shrine and alabaster from the 15C, statues, life-size 18C banner of 1864. The current interior layout dates from 1870. The creation of the furniture for the choir and the side altars were done in 1899.

How about telling you a bit on Saint Gurval. He died on June 6, 628, was a Breton saint reputed to be the 6C 2nd Bishop of Aleth, ( In Armorica, Aleth was for a time the capital of the Celtic people of Coriosolites , then became a Gallo-Roman stronghold, a city in the Middle Ages and finally a fortress in the following centuries. Saint Gurval was born in the British Isles as Maclou. He was a pupil of Saint Brendan and became abbot-bishop of the monastery founded by the latter after him. He was consecrated bishop of Aleth following Maclou at the end of 566 but he only occupied the episcopal see for 16 months until the beginning of 569. Because he retired to live alone in a hermitage in Porhoët where later the town of Guer. then in the 9C during the time of the Viking invasions in the Abbey of Saint-Pierre-au-Mont-Blandin near Ghent in Belgium. Part of his relics then returned to Guer. In the “great abbey near Guer”, a Romanesque chapel would mark the place of his hermitage. In the 19C, his 9C tomb was discovered by the rector of Locoal.

The town of Guer and its history page under construction now:  https://www.ville-guer.fr/transitions/histoire-et-patrimoine/

The Guer-Coetquidan Broceliande tourist office on the Church and more on Guer : http://www.guer-coetquidan-broceliande.fr/bisto/guer/guer2.html

There you go folks, another gem and an off the beaten path town of Guer ! This was a revisit, new pictures on the wonderful Church of Saint Gurval ; do see my other posts on the town. Hope you enjoy the post as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!