I went back up to the north of me at the Côtes d’Armor dept 22 of my lovely Bretagne, We went to Tréguier! Always by the coast and again a new town visited, amazing of the many wonderful spots that we still need to visit, easy does it, I will be telling you about this town in my next post from our visit this week in my road warrior mode ! Therefore, let me tell you about curiosities of Tréguier, part II !!!, and hope you enjoy the post as I.
The Chapelle des Paulines located at rue des Ursulines, The Paulines, settled in Tréguier in 1699, visited the sick and ran a charity office. They also took care of the education of poor girls. Originally installed on rue des Perdreries, they built a new convent complex around 1760. During the French revolution the Paulines were expelled. In the 20C, the town founded a higher school for girls there. The chapel has an interesting interior decorations: gallery with dummy organ and trompe l’oeil draperies, arcade separating the nuns’ choir from the nave, and bearing, on the nuns’ choir side, the arms of Pope Pius IX, painted ceiling portraits, stained glass windows from the 19C. Today, the chapel has been rehabilitated into a cultural space. Free entry according to opening hours which are few.
The new music conservatory is in the former convent of the Sisters of Christ , The Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross was established from 1667 in Tréguier in the Maison de Rome, an important building within the site, since it bears witness to the entry of Renaissance modernity into the architecture of Trégor. In the second half of the 19C, two chapels, one dedicated to the Sisters, the other open to the laity. In 1976, the convent took the name of the Sisters of Christ convent. The old convent has been abandoned since the departure of the Sisters in 2008.
The Mediathéque de Tréguier or library was created in 1958 and municipal since 2001, The library is located in the very heart of the city in the premises of the former episcopal palace opposite the city/town hall, It has 130 m2 composed as follows : on the ground floor, three rooms totaling 130 m2 house the collections and the loan bank. upstairs, an office of 30 m2 and a room of 45 m2 intended for meetings, workshops and equipment for acquisitions as well as 3 rooms totaling 100 m2 intended for exhibitions. The library has a collection of 10,000 works.
The Mairie or city/town hall of Treguier is also in part of the former episcopal palace,next to médiathéque. The entrance to the hall of honor of the city/town hall, former synodal hall of the bishopric, with its beautiful stone staircase and on the left before entering the room the statue “The last pin” by Armel Beaufils, representing a woman putting on her headdress. The hall of honor inaugurated in 1923 by Raymond Poincaré, President of the Council (but he had been President of the French Republic from 1913 to 1920) pays tribute to a certain number of great Bretons and to the rich history of the local Trécorois.
The Théâtre de l’Arche theater was destroyed in 1892, what was then the chapel of the minor seminary was rebuilt 2 years later on the neo-Byzantine model of Montmartre. Subsequently, it will experience several mutations. Deconsecrated after the passing of the law of separation of Church and State in 1905, it will successively serve as a municipal granary, technical workshops and a sports hall. In June 1991, at the initiative of the Regional Council of Brittany, renovation work began and the Théâtre de l’Arche was inaugurated on September 28, 1992 by the Orchester de Bretagne. Boasting exceptional acoustic quality, this 320-seat venue has hosted an eclectic program of around fifteen shows every year since 1993, offered by the city’s cultural department.
The town of Tréguier and its heritage : https://ville-treguier.fr/decouvrir-treguier/visiter-la-ville.html
The Côtes d’Armor dept 22 tourist office on Tréguier : https://www.cotesdarmor.com/a-voir-a-faire/patrimoine/villes-et-villages-classes/treguier/
The local pink granite coast tourist office on Tréguier : https://www.brittany-pinkgranitcoast.co.uk/cities-of-the-pink-granite-coast/treguier/
The Brittany region tourist office on Tréguier : https://www.brittanytourism.com/destinations/the-10-destinations/pink-granite-coast-morlaix-bay/treguier/
The Small towns of Character of France on Tréguier : https://petitescitesdecaractere.com/en/explore-petites-cites-de-caractere-small-towns-character/treguier
There you go folks, again another lovely town and beautiful monuments of Tréguier. This was worth the trip and nice, another spot in my world map, Again, hope you enjoy this post on curiosities of Tréguier, part II as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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