The Church St Pierre et St Paul of Guilliers !!

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I am back into my best mode, road warrior! I am looking to find new areas not visited or hardly passing by for a more in depth look, and I am thrill to share it with the world! I came to Guilliers. This was not a plan visit but in my travels past by many nice towns like to have them in my blog, The town is  located in my beautiful department 56 Morbihan in my lovely Bretagne region, I walked around town just to see and learn in my road warrior mode ! Therefore, let me tell you about the Church Saint Pierre et Saint Paul of Guilliers !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

Guilliers ch Saint Pierre et Saint Paul front belltower feb24

The town of Guilliers is located 71 km from Rennes on the Rennes-Saint-Brieuc axis , 78 km from Saint Brieuc, 93 km from Saint-Malo and 25 km from the Paimpont forest, and 95 km from my house. Also, 15 km from Ploërmel, and 63 km from Vannes. It is also, 64 km from my house, Lovely ride on the D16 road,

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The Church Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, in the center of the town since the end of the 15C, it includes a polygonal and nave-oriented choir. The church was enriched with two chapels and a collateral in the next two centuries. The bell tower, located in the center of Nef, was eliminated and replaced by a tower in 1840. This church has existed for more than 1000 years! It is mentioned for the first time in the cartulary of Redon in the middle of the 16C The bedside of the church is probably the only vestige of the origins of it. The church hosts several statues from the Saint-Nicodemus chapel of the Great Touche in Guilliers.

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Guilliers ch Saint Pierre et Saint Paul nave to altar feb24

The Church Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul underwent several modifications until 1960. It originally had only one nave with a single side. It ends with a polygonal choir, whose third-part-point windows are surmounted by outside gables. The arcades in thirds rest by penetration on cylindrical or polygonal columns. Later in the 16C were added transept chapels there and a southern aisle. A bell, dates from 1516. The interior mosaic tiles, adorned with the keys of Saint Peter and the sword of Saint Paul, date of the 20C. The church houses a polychrome wooden statue of Saint Apolline (16C). They keep in the presbytery a chalice and its paten, in pushed and chiseled silver, from the end of the 16C.

Guilliers ch Saint Pierre et Saint Paul chapel st Joseph feb24

Guilliers ch Saint Pierre et Saint Paul chapel virgin et child feb24

Guilliers ch Saint Pierre et Saint Paul chapel baptismal font feb24

The town of Gilliers on the church : https://www.guilliers.fr/ova_por/eglise-saint-pierre-et-saint-paul/

There you go folks, another nice monument for all to see, and enjoy, The ride was wonderful in country roads the real life of France ! I bring you the Church Saint Pierre et Saint Paul of Guilliers !! Again, hope you enjoy the post 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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