This is Landaul !

Posted in Bretagne, France

I like to tell you about off the beaten path sites in my close to home area. This is a small town very near me, I passed by it several times and hardly touch base until now, This is an older post which will update with new text and links for you and me ; do read my later posts on the town in my blog, Landaul is located in my beautiful Morbihan dept 56 of my lovely region of Bretagne. The Breton name of the town is Landaol. I will do this sort of introduction in my black and white series,no pictures. Therefore, this is my take on this is Landaul ! Hope you enjoy it as I.

The Saint-Théleau Church (see posts) 15C. Sainte-Magdeleine replaces Saint-Thuriau at the beginning of the 19C and Sainte-Magdeleine is replaced by Saint-Théleau in 1903. The parish church of
Landaul having been demolished in 1862, the Chapel Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours founded by the Kerambourg family ,and which was close to it in turn became a parish church in May 1863, after having been completely transformed by adding two large chapels forming crosses to the north and south. The chapel had been built around 1450. Fortunately, the beautiful western portal with bays in a basket handle has been preserved intact. According to tradition, it was built by a lady from Keramburg, in fulfillment of a wish she had made during a trip to Hungary where, in the crossing of a forest, she had been attacked by ferocious animals. The sites dedicated to Marie-Madeleine attest to the presence of an old infirmary. These communities that treated lepers had a chapel under the patronage of Saint Mary Magdalene or Saint Roch. A cemetery once surrounded the church, bounded by a low wall. In this enclosure there is still a stele engraved with a cross, a Calvary and a yew of venerable age.

 Some other things to see here are the Castle of Kerambourg, 15C , a wedding event place now. The
Castle of Kerambar’h 16C held by the Parmentier family since 1851. It once owned a private chapel, a dovecote and a well. The gardens of Kérambar’h Castle, classified as a Remarkable Garden, is a walk from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance through themed gardens , very nice indeed. The monument to the martyrs of Landaul shot by the nazis on April 30, 1944, located opposite the main entrance to the church, a few meters from the place where they were executed.

During WWII, Landaul was the scene of events linked to its proximity to the battles for the Lorient submarine base. The bombings of Lorient from 1942 gave rise to air combat over the town. On January 23, 1943, an American bomber, the “Beats Me”, hit by nazi fighter planes dropped its bombs on Kergolven before falling down at Kéronic in my town of Pluvigner (see post).

You can come here on the Department Road D16 can be reach in 8 minutes from my house,and Landaul is connected with the expressway N165 that connects you to Vannes (25 min), the capital of the Morbihan, and Lorient (23 min) the sub capital. Only 18 min from the beaches of Etel and even 21 min from beaches of Carnac; 39 min from those of Quiberon. There is a small train station here Landaul-Mendon which have it on the official TER of Bretagne : https://www.ter.sncf.com/bretagne/se-deplacer/gares/landaul-mendon-87476226

And the official Breizhgo public transports of Brittany on itineraries: https://www.breizhgo.bzh/itineraires-et-horaires/trouver-mon-itineraire

The town of Landaul on its heritage : https://www.landaul.fr/decouvrir/patrimoine-et-nature/patrimoine/

There you go folks, another nice off the beaten path in my Breton lands, as traditional as you can get in my belle France. Again, hope you enjoy the post on this is Landaul 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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