The Church Notre Dame of La Chapelle Caro, part II !!

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And we go on, on an endless tour of my beautiful Morbihan dept 56 of my lovely region of Bretagne in my belle France. The views,sights are indeed endless here and I am doing my best to introduce you to the off the beaten paths of my Brittany. Hope you are enjoying the ride as much as we do. This time we were riding to other towns (see posts) ,and passed by this one again, so why not got off to take a look again at this wonderful monument , another beauty in our road warrior rides on country roads ! Let me tell you on the Church Notre Dame of La Chapelle Caro ,part II !! Hope you enjoy this post as I.

La Chapelle Caro Val d oust ch Notre Dame side belltower apr24

The Notre Dame Church was replaced, in 1868, by a new church, in the shape of a Latin cross and ogival style; At the bottom of the nave rises a square tower, whose arrow is seen from afar, thanks to the hill which serves it as a basis. The stained glass windows are post–1870. The church houses a statue of Saint Fiacre 16C. A beautiful early 16C processional cross, silver plated on solid wood, is kept in the sacristy; On one side is Christ, with the Gothic legend Inri, and, in the quatrefoils, Saints with their names written in Gothic on phylacteries; on the reverse we see the monogram of Jesus, and at the ends the symbols of the Evangelists.The façade of the Church was restored in 2007 as well as the stained glass window.

La Chapelle Caro Val d oust ch Notre Dame side apr24

Located at the foot of the Notre-Dame Church, there is a yew tree now measuring more than 7 meters in circumference. It is assumed that it was planted during the construction of the old church in the 14C, which makes it one of the oldest in Morbihan. It is also classified among the remarkable trees of Brittany. Hard to get in as most of the time is closed due to vandalism unfortunately.

La Chapelle-Caro, takes its name from the family of the Chapelle. This is a break-up of the original parish of Ploërmel.  It was nicknamed ‘ the lower-Chapel ‘ or ‘ La Chapelle-sous-Ploërmel’. After having belonged to the great Lordship of Porhoët, La Chapelle-Caro enters the ducal domain in 1168. It was elevated to Viscount in 1576, into County in the 17C, and held the lordship of Crévy in 1630.   This parish took the name of “La Chapelle Caro” in the 20C due to its proximity with the town of Caro. It became, on 1 January 2016, a new town of Val-d’Oust. Located on the Ploërmel – Vannes axis, and located 75 km from Rennes, 8 km from Ploërmel, 41 km from Vannes, and 73 km from my house, The town is crossed by the Canal Nantes-Brest.

The new city of Val ‘Oust on its heritage: https://www.mairie-valdoust.fr/les-monuments

The Morbihan dept 56 tourist office on the If tree of Notre Dame Church : https://morbihan.com/offres/lif-de-la-chapelle-caro-val-doust-fr-4389751/

There you go folks ,another nice off the beaten paths town we crossed again, This is quant country La Chapelle Caro, yes that is the name of the town now part of Val d’Oust new town name ! Again, hope you enjoy this post of on the Church Notre Dame of La Chapelle Caro, part II !! 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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