The Fontaine Notre Dame d’Entre les Portes of Quintin !!!

Posted in Bretagne, France

I was back in my road warrior mode going up to the northern parts of my lovely Bretagne to see new towns! The search is never ending with the abundance of beauties around here. I came upon this town and it was nice again! Therefore, let me tell you about the Fontaine Notre Dame d’entre les portes of Quintin !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The town of Quintin is located in the Côtes-d’Armor department 22, in my lovely Bretagne region, only 16 km from Saint-Brieuc, and less than an hour from my house. Strategically, the town is at the crossroads of the routes which go from Saint Brieuc  to Quimper  via  Rostrenen  on the one hand and from  Guingamp / Châtelaudren  to Lorient via  Loudéac  on the other hand. I went there on my way back on the D7 then D700 and finally the D768 roads, easy rides !

The Fontaine Notre Dame d’entre les portes near the Basilica , located rue Notre-Dame, comes from the crypt of the Notre-Dame d’entre les portes chapel. Now destroyed, this chapel was still used for worship during construction work on the new church, between 1883 and 1887. The statue of the Virgin, in polychrome stone, is surrounded by angels and recalls the image of Our Lady of the Virtues, brought from Palestine by Henri d’Avaugour, brother of Geoffroy Botrel and his companion in the crusade of 1250, This statue is kept at the Basilica of Saint Sauveur in Dinan (see post). At No. 5 rue Notre-Dame is also the chapter house with its Renaissance facade, its richly sculpted door frames and its roof cornice reminiscent of the machicolations of fortified castles.

Quintin fontaine Notre Dame d'entree les Portes jan24

The Fontaine Notre-Dame d’entree les Portes, a 15C fountain leaning against an old oratory, sold as national property during the French revolution. In the 18C, the chapel was extended to include the fountain which, since then, has been located underground, accessible through a cellar window. The crowning was removed from part of its gable at the beginning of the 20C, and the sculptures were hammered. The preserved part shows traces of 15C painting surrounding the niche of the statue of the Virgin.

The town of Quintin: https://www.quintin.fr/

The St Brieuc Bay tourist office on Quintin : https://www.baiedesaintbrieuc.com/en/quintin/

The Côtes d’Armor dept 22 tourist office on Quintin : https://www.cotesdarmor.com/a-voir-a-faire/patrimoine/villes-et-villages-classes/quintin/

There you go folks, a wonderful town in my lovely Bretagne, this is Quintin, Full of beautiful architecture and history all around you, my kind of town indeed, We will be back just under an hour from home awesome, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Fontaine Notre Dame d’entre les portes of Quintin 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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