The Church Notre Dame of Cholet, part III !!

Posted in Bretagne, France

I like come back and tell you more of this wonderful monument upon finding older new pictures to my blog that should be in it,This was a surprise, did not realize that this town would have such a beautiful Church. As a lover of Architecture and History, these fascinates me and I go a great length to visit them all,  For reference, this is in the Maine et Loire dept 49 of the Pays de la Loire region and in my belle France. Therefore, let me tell you on the Church of Notre Dame of Cholet, part III !!  Hope you enjoy the post as I.

As I wrote extensively in my initial post on it will only briefly mention some aspects of it to go along with the new pictures to the story, The Notre Dame Church of Cholet is right in city center/downtown at the parvis Jean-Paul-II , and surrounded by the old town and a great Place Travot ,a square. The people here has taken to rebuilt these religious buildings , and the current church was initially built between 1854 and 1887. It is considered one of the best work and preserved of churches from the trouble 19C in the region.

The Church Notre-Dame is the second largest church in the department of Maine et Loire ! The church came out of the earth in the 19C thanks to Louis-Joseph Luçon, a man of faith without dreams of glory who was , thanks to the lord’s ways, archbishop, then cardinal and secretary of the Pope ! We can observe a delimitation thanks to its stained glass, colorless on one side and decorated on the other. Visible on its facade, on which we spot the marks of stone tailors. No tuffeau, as you might expect in the Loire valley, but stronger rocks from Cholet, more suitable for supporting such a structure. The spire of this church culminate at 68 meters high. They house four bells of one and a half tons, melted in Nantes, all housed under the same bell tower, the second being decorative.

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Inside the Church Notre-Dame, there are also five confessionals, adorned with illustrations of marking episodes of the Bible such as the enema of the feet, the woman taken in adultery or Jesus saving a lamb before her crucifixion. We can, also, observe in the bottom of the church five absidial chapels ;small chapels open behind the bedside paying homage to Saint-Joseph, Sainte-Marie, and Sainte-Anne (the grandmother of Jesus and protector of Brittany respectively), The crucifixion and the Sacred Heart (symbol of divine love and Vendée area) above each, there are three stained glass windows reminiscent of episodes linked to each representation. And the statue of Mary adorning the facade of the building, made to starting from a fragment of a similar sculpture located in Bégrolles-en-Mauges, destroyed during the Vendée wars (against the French revolution).

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The Cholet Catholic parish on the church: https://www.choletcatho.net/paroisse-saint-pierre-notre-dame

The  city of Cholet  on its churches: https://www.cholet.fr/chaines/dossier_29_eglises.html

The Cholet tourist office on the church: https://www.ot-cholet.fr/eglise-notre-dame-cholet.html

There you go folks, this is a very nice Church Notre Dame, that could be mistaken for a cathedral. Big, spacious, bright white color showing throughout ,and nice statues. Just for it alone and the place Travot  in Cholet, could be worth a visit. Do read my other post on it, Again, hope you enjoy the post on the Church Notre Dame of Cholet, part III !! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

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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