The former Chapelle Saint Yves 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 lovely Bretagne, 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 former Chapelle Saint Yves of Rennes, part II !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

Rennes former Chapelle Saint Yves front oct24

The Metro Rennes architecture and heritage interpretation center presented the history of the city with regard to its heritage, represented by photographs, models, desks and objects. The chapel is located at 11 rue Saint-Yves, corner with the rue Le Bouteiller , The Chapelle Saint Yves is a former 16C chapel and was headquarters of the Rennes Métropole tourist office and congress until 2019.

The chapel also hosted from 1754 to 1790 the catedral chapter of the city. It was the Saint-Yves Hospital chapel, destroyed around 1860 for allow the alignment of the quay. Today, this constitutes the only testimony of a hospital establishment which was to continue in these places until its transfer in 1858 in the current Hôtel-Dieu, rue de la Cochardière. The Augustine nuns of the Mercy of Dieppe settled at the Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Yves on June 27, 1644. They will provide the service of the sick until the French revolution before returning, in 1804 and participate in the move of the ‘Hôtel-Dieu, ceasing their activity until 1896 , The chapel was transformed into hardware store after the move of the Hôtel-Dieu , and was finally bought by the city in 1981 to be restored, then redeveloped in order to house the Tourist Office from Rennes Métropole until 2019, when moved to the former Jacobins convent (see post)

In 1997, The Saint Yves chapel housed a permanent exhibition on the architectural history of “Rennes, metropolis of art and history”. Fortunately, the five modern stained glass windows harmonize with this advanced age construction. After having served as an exhibition site and meetings, it has been unused for several years and the city of Rennes wonders, in October 2023, on its fate, considering giving it ! Still not decided and the chapel rest in ruins,

The Rennes tourist office on the St Yves chapel: https://www.tourisme-rennes.com/sortir/chapelle-saint-yves/

There you go folks ,another jewel in my wonderful capital city ofRennes. The walks are worth it with plenty of lovely areas, Again, hope you enjoy the post on the former Chapelle Saint Yves of Rennes, 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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