The Saint Yves Chapel of Lanester !!!

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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 the Saint Yves Chapel of Lanester !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

The Saint-Yves or Notre-Dame du Resto Chapel. It is thought to have belonged to the Templars for no reason. The current church from the 15-16C, includes a rectangular nave, flanked by two chapels limited by the same flat apse as the main nave.

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The Resto district, close to the banks of the Blavet, has been occupied since Antiquity. The current Saint Yves Chapel, built in granite from the Pink Granite Coast (Trébeurden), replaced the chapel in the mid 20C. A 16C chapel . destroyed during the bombings of 1943. A pardon takes place there every August 15, the chapel being also dedicated to Notre-Dame.

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Inside you would find a Pietà (Our Lady of Mercy) as well as other statues from the 16C and various objects of worship (a silver chalice dated 1650 and a silver paten dated 1650) were discovered in 1943 under the crypt of the chapel. The polychrome wooden statue of Saint-Yves. The polychrome wooden statue of Saint Roch. The polychrome wooden statue of the Virgin breastfeeding the Child Jesus . The polychrome wooden statue of Saint Anne (with the Virgin and Child) all dates from the 16C, and the polychrome wooden statue of Saint Yves.

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 heritage of Lanester :https://www.lorientbretagnesudtourisme.fr/fr/immanquables/lanester/

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 the Saint Yves Chapel of Lanester 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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