I went up again to Finistére dept 29 of my lovely Bretagne, We went to Roscoff ! Always by the coast and again found me older pictures not yet in my blog and they should, See my other posts on the city in my blog, Therefore, let me show the curiosities of Roscoff, part II !!, and hope you enjoy the post as I
In the town of Roscoff, you have the wonderful Church of Notre Dame of Croaz Batz, (see other post). The granite construction of the church in Gothic and Renaissance style, decided in 1515, was undertaken between 1522 and 1545, on land taken from the sea, near the cross of the pier of the Isle of Batz, on the initiative of the ship-owners, despite the reluctance and the pressures of the Bishop of Saint Pol. The construction was financed by the same ship-owners who joined the merchants of Roscoff. It was only in 1550 that the inhabitants were granted the right to have their children baptized and to bury their dead and the Church was consecrated only in 1590.
There is a nice quant phare or lighthouse, 24 meters high, was built in 1934 to replace a red lantern that dated from 1884 and was located at the end of the mole. Its two-meters diameter lantern illuminates by occultation twelve seconds on two areas of a white fire up to 15 nautical miles thanks to a fixed optic by Henry-Lepaute One of the symbols of the town of Roscoff.
The Roscoff tourist office on the lighthouse : https://www.roscoff-tourisme.com/en/fiche/patrimoine-culturel/le-phare-de-roscoff-roscoff_TFOPCUBRE029V52BJZX/
The Roscoff tourist office on the church : https://www.roscoff-tourisme.com/fr/fiche/patrimoine-culturel/eglise-notre-dame-de-croas-batz-roscoff_TFOPCUBRE029V52BJZ2/
There you go folks, again another lovely town and beautiful monument of Roscoff. See my other posts on the town in my blog, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the curiosities of Roscoff, 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
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