Again, in my beautiful Morbihan dept 56 of my lovely Bretagne in my belle France. The Morbihan rocks! I came back to this town just about 11,5 km from my house, down on the road D16. I revisit some usual monuments but went into the bay and saw new things, amazing always something new, see my posts, Now, let me bring you again to the small quant town ,and the Church Saint Pierre of Locoal-Mendon, part III !! Hope you enjoy it as I.
I will bring short stories on the history and description as already in my other posts ; this will be to showcase my new pictures of the Saint Peter’s Church, Even thus the history is rich and need something new to tell you see below,,,,
The Church of Saint-Pierre was originally the Notre-Dame Chapel, the building was built in the 15C. From this period are preserved the apse, the walls of the transept and the porch. During the reconstruction of the parish Church of Saint-Pierre, which began in the 18C, the chapel replaced it. But the site dragged on and was abandoned by the time of the French revolution. The unfinished building was replaced in 1822 by a nun’s house. The chapel becomes definitively a parish church. The nave and the tower were erected in 1875. In 1892, the interior of the building was resumed, removing the tie-rods and the sandpit carved with the coat of arms of the old party.
The town of Locoal-Mendon on its heritage: https://www.locoal-mendon.fr/mairie-locoal-mendon-56/cadre-de-vie/decouvrir-1.php
The local Bay of Quiberon tourist office on Locoal-Mendon : https://www.baiedequiberon.co.uk/locoal-mendon
There you go folks, this is one of those town, you see the real France. Locoal-Mendon is not a tourist town but has wonderful nature trails and great oysters that should be worth a detour , me think. It is historical for sure locally and has nice architecture which I like. Again, hope you enjoy the post on the Church Saint Pierre of Locoal-Mendon, part III !! 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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