The Church Saint Pie X of Vannes !!

Posted in Bretagne, France

Well in my turns and twists around my lovely Bretagne sometimes life goes so fast no time to see it all and do not realise the bounties available in your own town even less area of living. I took a ride out just to stretch and see Le Port which was lively as usual, However, in my road warrior trip thru familiar territory saw a bell tower could not believe it passed by there a zillion times but never off the main road, This time went to see this belltower and behold another beauty of my capital city of Vannes in my beautiful  Morbihan. Therefore, let me tell you all news on the Church Saint Pie X of Vannes !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

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The Church Saint Pie X ,located at rue Saint Pie, was built between 1956 and 1959, This was a local effort to create a church to service the neighborhood of the Madeleine. The construction of the church was place under the patronage of Saint Pie X . The parish of Saint Pie X was created on December 22 1959. The choice of the name was link to the canonisation of Pie X by Pope Pie XII on May 29 1954.

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The Church Saint Pie X was raised on land given by the Taslé family , The church was inspired by the Church of Riese, native town of Pope Pie X , and answer a wish asked by the abbe Moisan after his return from Italy wishing to show the model of that Italian church,The nave measuring 41 meters by 13.5 meters is flanked to the west by an aisle housing the baptismal font and the Virgin Chapel ,The upper part of the nave is lit by large bay windows, while the lower part is decorated with a Stations of the Cross painted by André Mériel-Bussy. The fresco in the choir representing the Last Supper is by André Mériel-Bussy. The stained glass window, work of the master glassmaker M. Lorin ,from Chartres, dates from 1959.

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All of the buildings: church, presbytery, sacristies, parish rooms, are organized around a cloister open on 3 sides which connects the different buildings to each other and the open-air liturgy for large meetings of the faithful. The Church Saint Pie X includes the baptismal font, the exorcism room, a winter chapel easily heated for small services. The single nave was designed to ensure good visibility of the altar and allow overhead lighting through narrow bays, more pronounced for the choir and the altar. The descriptive notice indicates a construction in masonry and not in reinforced concrete, slate roofs. In front you have a nice bell tower of 44 meters high,

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The organ of the gallery at the back of the nave was ordered in 1968 from the organ builder Curt Schwenkedel from Strasbourg. The sideboard designed by Georges Lhote harmonizes perfectly with the large modern stained glass windows.

The parish church Emmanuel of Vannes on Saint Pie X : https://eglise-vannes-emmanuel.fr/informations-pratiques/

There you go folks, now I have something different for you here ,and a reminder of my beautiful Vannes for as long as my blog lasts. Thanks again for reading me!! Again, hope you enjoy the post on the Church Saint Pie X 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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