Curiosities of Port Louis, part IV !!!

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This is again in my beautiful Morbihan, lovely Bretagne and in my belle France, Once again searching for pictures found more that surprise are not in my blog and they should, I will tell you a bit more on the quant nice historical Port Louis with its church, citadel and beach to boot (see posts), The choices here are endless and always a thrill of visiting them again, worth the detour me think, Therefore, here is more of curiosities of Port Louis, part IV !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I

The citadel of Port-Louis is an impressive building, marked by the Breton history of the 16-17C. A bit of history I like tell us a first fortification project at the entrance to the harbour of Lorient was made in 1486 by the Duke of Brittany François II. However, funding was not released before the Duke’s death in 1488, and the project was shelved. The place gained importance at the time of the League Wars. The troops of the Duke of Mercoeur occupied  Hennebont from September 1589 and began to attack Blavet (present-day Port-Louis) from the following month. The city did not fall until June 11, 1590 after suffering an attack by land and sea. Spanish troops, allied with the Duke of Mercoeur, arrived in Brittany on October 12, 1590 and were taken to the city to garrison there. The architect Cristóbal de Rojas began to build a fort under the orders of the governor of the place, Juan d’Aguila, at the entrance to the harbor in December and from January 1591 the two bastions of the land front began to emerge . The bastions have rounded orillons and casemated  sides  according to a typical arrangement of bastions built in the 16C. The Spanish continued to occupy the place until the Treaty of Vervins in 1598, and Marshal de Brissac had the citadel destroyed from August 1598 after a request to this effect from the States of Brittany. However, not everything was destroyed, and two bastions, a curtain wall, the bridge piers and the barracks were preserved. The citadel was rebuilt between 1618 and 1621, when Louis XIII decided to give Port-Louis the status of a royal city. . Until the end of WWII, it will be controlled by the Nazis from 1940 to 1945, the citadel will be used to defend the harbor, then it will be assigned to the surveillance of maritime traffic. The last soldiers left the place in 2007.

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Along the garden of the Mail you will see a somber reminder of the atrocities of WWII with a monument to the 69 résistants killed by the Nazis here.

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The City of Port Louis on its heritage: https://www.ville-portlouis.fr/64-decouverte/488-cite-d-art-et-de-patrimoine.html

The Lorient south Brittany tourist board on Port Louis: https://www.lorientbretagnesudtourisme.fr/fr/immanquables/port-louis/

The Bretagne region tourist board on Port Louis: https://www.brittanytourism.com/destinations/the-10-destinations/southern-brittany-morbihan-gulf/port-louis/

There you go folks another nice town Port Louis ,always a treat and lucky to live nearby. Always thrills, fun, history, architecture and only sad my dears are missing to continue the journey Never mind, again, hope you enjoy the post on curiosities of Port Louis, part IV !!! 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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