The Church Toussaints of Rennes, part II !!!

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I come to my nice Rennes. This time one of the nicest monument , and of course the City is in Îlle et Vilaine dept 35, of my lovelyBretagne, I have come back to this beautiful City after a long hiatus and it was wonderful, Bear with me as the next posts will be on this beautiful City, Let me tell you a bit more on the Church Toussaints of Rennes, part II !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

Rennes Ch Toussaints front oct24

The Church Toussaints (All Saints), formerly Chapel of St. Thomas, Baroque style counter-Reformation, located south of the Vilaine river ,by  rue du Captain-Alfred-Dreyfus. Designed from 1624 to 1651 as the Chapel of St. Thomas College, this chapel became a parish church in 1803, replacing the ancient Church of Toussaints, which was 300 meters away.

The Church Toussaints ,the church of the Jesuits, called to Rennes to hold a college, had a chapel built. This is the current church with its classic facade framed by two towers. It was in 1589 that Rennes called on them to lead the old Saint-Thomas college. In 1606, a contract binded them to the city. They will teach there until 1762, the year when all the Jesuits will be chased from France on royal order. In Rennes, they will hold one of the most important colleges in the kingdom, The Jesuit college occupied the site of the current Lycée Émile Zola. The last buildings will be destroyed in 1883.

Rennes Ch Toussaints side oct24

The Church Toussaints was built from 1624 ,and the consecration of the church dates from 1651. In 1762, the Company of Jesus was dissolved by the Parliament of Brittany. In college, education is then provided by the diocesan clergy ; during the French revolution, the building is disused. In 1803, when the Concordat restored worship, it became the parish Church Toussaints to replace the old church of the same name, which became ammunition deposit, destroyed by a fire in December 1793. It shines with the perfect symmetry of the western facade which remains the only interesting element. The elevation on three floors can be seen as the juxtaposition of three vertical bodies whose pilasters are wearing, from bottom to top, of Doric, Ionic and Corinthian capitals. Above the door, a semicircular arcade above decorates with its double bay, the center of the central floor. Elsewhere, niches are housed in bays dominated with a triangular pediment.

The artistic interest of this former Jesuit church rests in the three great altarpieces drawn up in the choir and the transept. Baroque style, they date from the second half of the 17C. The two altarpieces drawn up in the transept, to the north and south, belong to the Laval school. The great altarpiece of the choir, built between 1653 and 1657, the stained glass windows of the church were creations of the Max Ingrand workshop and are probably dated from the 1950s. The Chair to be preached from the 19C, altarpiece of Sainte Anne made in the third quarter of the 17C, Altarpiece of the Annunciation produced in the last third of the 17C, Agony of Christ at the Gardens of Oliviers after Lemoyne and produced in the 19C, Annunciation, according to Lebrun ,and made in the 19C, The altarpiece of the choir was made in the middle of the 17C.

The Rennes tourist office on religious heritage as Toussaints: https://www.tourisme-rennes.com/decouvrir-rennes/histoire/eglises-parcours-patrimoine/

The Metro Rennes on the Church Toussaints : https://metropole.rennes.fr/organisme/eglise-toussaints-311

There you go folks ,another jewel in my wonderful capital city of Rennes. The walks are worth it with plenty of lovely areas, Again, hope you enjoy the poston the Church Toussaints, 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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