Curiosities of Lanester, part III !!!

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I like to tell you a bit more on Lanester, as was by there again on my local road warrior trips with the boys and Rex, Memories of old always nice to have in my blog! Lanester is located in my beautiful Morbihan and lovely Bretagne, about 30 km from my house, I stop by there again today and found me again some nice monuments and some new finds, I like to tell you a bit on curiosities of Lanester, part III !!! Hope you enjoy it as I

The cimetière de bateaux de Kerhervy or Kerhervy boat cemetery, along the Blavet; where tuna boats from the island of Groix rest in particular. It shelters around forty carcasses of boats at the end of their life. In the 1920s, before becoming this last anchorage port, the Kerhervy cove already sheltered boats. But only during the winter. The fishermen of the island of Groix, then the leading tuna port in France, came to leave some of their sailboats there after the summer fishing season, so that they could withstand the storms. Some boats were then stationed at Kerhervy during WWII. But, none of the ships from 1945 remained here. They all went back to sea,

Lanester cimetiére des bateaux end bay dec23

An open-air theater has been set up there by the city. It is a beautiful place popular with photographers, in all types of weather, the changing light reveals the remains of the wooden boats. Since 1981, the Pont du Bonhomme festival (now Quai 9, in Kerhervy) has highlighted professional theater there. Then the city’s colleges relocate their theater workshops there for another festival, this time of amateur theater, which will celebrate its 40th anniversary next year La Fontaine aux Chevaux, the association which organizes these ten days of shows each year, at the end of June. And at the same time, every two years, since 2009, it is dance that is exhibited in front of the wrecks with the “Dances in Kerhervy” festival. From there, you can see the Pont du Bonhomme at the limits of Kervignac (see post) and Lanester, At the top of the bridge pillars, two replicas of famous wooden statuettes, separated by 163 meters: the “good man” on the Kervignac side representing the ferryman of yesteryear, and the “good woman” on the Lanester bank handing him her snuffbox. The two original statues dating from 1905 are kept at Hennebont City/town hall (see post).

Lanester théâtre de plein-air dec23

Lanester théâtre de plein-air inside tower dec23

Kervignac Pont Bonhomme to lanester dec23

The city of Lanester on its heritage :  https://www.lanester.bzh/a-tout-age/archives-municipales/histoire-et-patrimoine/patrimoine/

The Local Lorient South Brittany tourist office on the boat cemetery and open air theater of Lanester : https://www.lorientbretagnesudtourisme.fr/fr/immanquables/lanester/cimetiere-bateaux-kerhervy

There you go folks a bit more on nice close by Lanester. The town may not be touristic but it sure packs a lot of family memories forever.  To remember is to live again!!, they said, Again, hope you enjoy this road warrior trip to see the curiosities of Lanester, 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 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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