The Church Notre Dame of Cholet, part II !!

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I like to tell you a bit more of this monument in historical wonderful Cholet,as have another post on it but found older pictures not in my blog and they should, For reference, this is in the Maine et Loire dept 49 of the Pays de la Loire region and in my belle France. Therefore, let me tell you more of the Church Notre Dame of Cholet, part II !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

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I am talking about the Notre Dame Church of Cholet. It is right in city center/downtown of the city  at the parvis Jean-Paul-II , and surrounded by the old town and a great square Travot.  The short end of it tells us that here was a castle and the now Church was just a chapel of the castle, then the parish Church was built and over and over again on the same spot the current Church occupy today. This region has suffered greatly in the 19C due to the voracious French revolution, that only destroyed many religious buildings but murdered many of the folks in the area of the Vendée or wars of the west as they were called.  The people here has taken to rebuilt these religious buildings  , and the current church was initially built between 1854 and 1887. It is considered one of the best work and preserved of buildings from the trouble 19C in the region.

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A first chapel of the Notre-Dame priory was first built around the 11C on the site of the current church. Around 1185, the chapel became a parish church. In the 15C, the chapel of the monks of the priory was built: it was small, unvaulted, with very narrow aisles, and an exterior clock. During the period of the French revolution, it fell into disrepair due to lack of maintenance and repair. It was closed to the public in 1812, then demolished to be rebuilt in 1814 in the style of Poitevin churches, with a bell tower forming a lantern tower above the high altar. It was completed in 1820. The church becoming quite small, and the construction of a fourth church was envisaged. The work was undertaken in the second half of the 19C with a choir with five chapels and a transept in the neo-Gothic style of the 13C.

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Two sculptures by the artist Étienne-Hippolyte Maindron (19C) were installed there in the 1980s in the nave of the Notre Dame Church. There is also a 17C painting, the Triumph of the Virgin, and a 19C altar.

The Cholet Catholic parish on the church: https://www.choletcatho.net/paroisse-saint-pierre-notre-dame

The city of Cholet on its churches: https://www.cholet.fr/chaines/dossier_29_eglises.html

The Cholet tourist office on the church: https://www.ot-cholet.fr/eglise-notre-dame-cholet.html

There you go folks, this is a very nice Church Notre Dame, that could be mistaken for a cathedral. Big, spacious, bright white color showing throughout ,and nice statues. Just for it alone and the place Travot  in Cholet, could be worth a visit. Again, hope you enjoy the post on the Church Notre Dame of Cholet, part II !! 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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