The Church Saint Pierre of Arradon, part II !!

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I once again found me more pictures not in my blog on this church and they should be, This is in my road warrior local mode in my beautiful Morbihan dept 56 in my lovely Bretagne of my belle France! Therefore, let me tell you more of the Church Saint Pierre of Arradon, part II !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

arradon ch st Pierre front 2 2011

arradon ch st Pierre nave to altar jun21

Arradon is located on the coast of the Gulf of Morbihan which is 120 km from Rennes and Nantes. This town is bounded to the east by the Vincin river. It borders the cities of Vannes, Ploeren and Baden. Thus, it is part of the agglomeration of Vannes. And only about 30 minutes from my house! The wonderful Church Saint Pierre is located in city center, at 2 rue Louis Quilleré, It is of gothic style begun in 1885 and finished in 1888.

arradon ch st Pierre back chevet jun21

The Church Saint Pierre has inside three paintings ; a painting representing a “Sacred Heart of Jesus surrounded by cherubs” dated from the 18C and located in the southern transept, a painting “the deploration of Christ dead”, dated 1847 and located in the ambulatory, and a fresco representing “the Virgin tending her son to children and a crucifixion”, located in the Baptismal Fonts The church, also, houses a statue in wood from the 17C of Saint Vincent Ferrier (that visited Arradon in 1419 while evangelizing the area coming from Valencia Spain, his body lies in the Cathedral Saint Pierre at Vannes-see post)) , also the statues of Saint Pierre and Saint Roch. The clock in the south nave dates from 1895. The belltower is 45 meters high.The organ is from 1898 and last renovated in 1969.

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The Church Saint Pierre is an imposing Gothic style church It replaces the old church deemed too small and dilapidated at the time. The church was built between 1885 and 1887. The old church was located right next to the new church,ocated at Place de l’Eglise, it dates from the 15C and was half amputated in 1889. The square of the transept of the end of the 16C and the choir of the old church were preserved and transformed into chapel The choir became the nave and there were two crossbids and a shallow choir to the west. The nave was destroyed in order to recover the stones for other uses. Today you can find several elements of Gothic styles, as well as a decor representing the Trinity in the middle of cherubs, painted in 1783 The new church is in granite rubble, tower and steeple in freestone and the vaults in Saint-Savinien stone.

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arradon ch st Pierre chapel st Therese et Baptismal font jun21

The parish of Arradon on the Church of St Pierre: http://www.paroisses-arradon.fr/autour-de-nos-paroisses/lieu/5/eglise-saint-pierre-d-arradon

The town of Arradon on its history : https://www.arradon.com/decouvrir-arradon/presentation-de-la-ville/

There you go folks, the whole area is surrounded with shops and restos/bars good to spent some time here before heading for the beach activities. Again,hope you enjoy this post of the Church Saint Pierre of Arradon 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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