The Church St Pierre et St Paul of Langonnet, part II !!!

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The town of Langonnet is part of the Cornish area of the Morbihan dept 56 and is bordering the Côtes-d’Armor dept 22. in my lovely Bretagne, and my belle France. I came here a while back and was impressed ! Found me some older new pictures to the blog so decided to write a sequel to the previous two posts , Here is my new take on the Church Saint Pierre et Saint Paul of Langonnet , part II !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The present church was preceded by a monastic establishment founded by the monks of the Abbey of Landévennec. The Church Saint Pierre et Saint Paul  in its oldest parts, dates back to the 12C. From this primitive church remains only the eastern part of the nave of Romanesque style.  In the 16C, the entire exterior was redone as well as the collateral, the Font Baptismal Chapel and the eastern part of the church. The first spans of the nave are also built in the Gothic style. The ossuary and sacristy were erected in the 17C. In 1662, the church was covered with a new roof structure. The bell tower was hit by thunder in 1844. It was crowned with a small wooden arrow covered with slate. The square tower is entirely redone between 1846 and 1873 and the steeple that overcomes it. Inside, the furniture is almost entirely crafted in the 19C. See previous post.

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The Church Saint Pierre et Saint Paul is in the shape of a Latin cross with a square tower at the crossroads. The west facade, from the 16C, is a fine example of flamboyant Gothic with buttresses surmounted by pinnacles. Its double door is decorated with braces and surmounted by an openwork tympanum. The south side of the nave has a square porch supported by two angular buttresses bearing the date “1523”, as well as a 17C ossuary, filling the angle between the side of the nave and the porch. It has six berries of trilobed shape.

Small town packing a lot, a worth the detour visit to see these two marvels of architecture and history!! Awesome!

 The town of Langonnet on its heritage: https://www.langonnet.bzh/2018/05/16/decouvrir-le-patrimoine/ 

The local Pays du roi Morvan tourist office on Langonnet: https://www.tourismepaysroimorvan.com/tu-decouvres/essentiel/communes/langonnet/

The Deanery of the parish of Gourin on the Church St Pierre et St Paul ( with many of what I have translated above): https://www.doyenne-gourin.fr/eglises/eglise-saint-pierre-saint-paul-2/

There you go folks, another wonderful example of the beautiful architecture and history abound in my beautiful Morbihan, with more to see. Again,hope you enjoy the post on the Church St Pierre et St Paul, part I !! 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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