Curiosities of Le Guerno !!

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I take you now into Le Guerno in my beautiful Morbihan , and my lovely Bretagne as in my belle France. There is so much off the beaten path here as many come for the popular spots but Brittany can be written elsewhere as a wonderful marvels to be seen, In my road warrior trips in my area , about 50 minutes from home, let me update this older post with new pictures in my blog on the curiosities of Le Guerno !!  Hope you enjoy the post as I.

There is a nice fountains such as the Sainte-Anne fountain c.1784. It would have been built on a very old place of worship. It is a small quadrangular building, which opens to the South and East by arched and molded arches. The northern wall shelters a niche in which is a statuette of Saint Anne. The whole is surmounted by a stone canopy, supported by four columns and crowned with a cross.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

le guerno fountain Ste Anne front feb20

The Sainte-Marie fountain c. 1787, is located at rue du Pont-Vivier, in Branféré . Just over the city limits and as we saw the panel followed !. It is a small quadrangular building, which opens on three sides. One of the walls houses a niche. The whole is crowned by a curved dome carrying at its top a stone cross

le guerno fountain ste marie feb20

And a picturesque nice washhouse or Lavoir c. 18C, located not far from the Sainte-Anne fountain. it is in the form of a large jacketed stone basin. You can always observe the demarcated locations of the washerwomen.

le guerno lavoir basin feb20

A bit of history I like tell us that Le Guerno originally was a truce for the parish of Noyal-Muzillac, As most it became a town in 1790 during the French revolution and an autonomous parish in 1802 after the Concordat. The Order of Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem founded a chaplaincy here, mentioned in a charter in 1160 under the name of “Eleemosina de Guernou”, as well as a chapel which shelters a fragment of the True Cross. This chaplaincy, which possessed fief and right of justice, is joined thereafter to the commandery of Carentoir. This is a small charming village whose original architecture has earned it the status of Town of Rural Heritage of Brittany. The town is also labeled “Village Fleuri” with three flowers.

The town of Le Guerno on its heritage : https://www.leguerno.fr/decouvrir/patrimoine/patrimoine-bati/

The Damgan la Roche Bernard tourist office on Le Guerno : https://www.damgan-larochebernard-tourisme.com/lieux-incontournables/le-guerno-village-et-parc/

There you go folks , a quant nice town of Le Guerno for us another dot in our world map and counting heck no way too many already!!! This is one of those places you can make a architecturally and historical stop on your road warrior ways. Again, hope you enjoy the post on curiosities of Le Guerno !! 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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