The streets of Vannes, part VI !!!

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I came back today to my wonderful capital City of Vannes. I notice a new store/resto opening in a popular street for us so we went to taste, The city has a gorgeous original architecture untouched by wars, one of the most beautiful harbors in the world (conde nast, great bays etc) which of course takes you into the Atlantic ocean. Let me bring you up to date on Vannes, in my beautiful Morbihan dept 56 of my lovely Bretagne and in my belle France. Therefore, here is my take on the streets of Vannes , part VI !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

Saturday,(today) February 8, 2025, the Dream Donuts franchise open in Vannes at 2 rue Joseph-Le Brix. And we were there to taste wonderful stuff !! We had the milkshake coco, pistache etc and then a box of 12 donuts from kinder bueno, country, vanille Schtroumpf , nutella, etc all good worth going back for more ! This store is one of many after Rennes, Saint-Brieuc or Nantes, the Dream Donuts franchise arrives in Vannes, It all startted in 2020, when Ilyass Aoussar opened his first Dreams Donuts store in Belgium. He wants to create a “girly place where everyone can meet to share real moments of pleasure”. The rose bonbon brand, specializing in donuts and Bubbles Teas, and today has several dozen shops across France. At the origin of this store are Clément and Guillaume Le Gal, two brothers: They have already opened the Dreams Donuts of Saint-Brieuc, and are now launching into Vannes, where their parents are from.

 

The official Dreams Donuts: https://dreamsdonuts.com/la-carte/

The Rue Thiers, formerly rue des Douves du Port planned on the embellishment plan of 1785 to rectify the layout of the old street of the Douves du Port . The construction of the Halle aux Grains is accompanied by a vast urban project which, provides for the rectification and the recovery of the streets of the port , which will become Rue Thiers, as well as the opening of rue Autissier which will connect to rue des Bons Enfants ( today rue Richemont). This street is undoubtedly the first street that comes to mind as the longest but is only 550 meters. On February 4, 1879, a prefectural decree attributed its name to Adolphe Thiers, former president of the French Republic. Some remarkable buildings here are the Maison des Trois-Piliers or house of the three pillars at 1 rue Thiers ;it was a merchant house built in the last part of the 16C. The date of 1663 worn on the right drop wall of the second floor of the neighboring house during the elevation of the wall indicates for some of the reshuffles operated on this date it would have been an inn under the old regime (monarchy). It became the official store of Rugby Club Vannes, 1st Breton club to reach the Top 14 in 2024, Also the Hôtel Limur at 31 rue Thiers (see post) acquired by the city in 1947, transferred to the State in 1980 and recovered by the City in 1991, The Hotel , retains the name of the Limur family who owned It from 1820 to 1947.It houses today, the Architecture and Heritage Interpretation Center (CIAP).

The City of Vannes on the house Rue Thiers: https://www.mairie-vannes.fr/maison-1-rue-thiers

The Rue Joseph le Brix at its western part, which joins by a curve the Place Marchais (former Place du Marché) and rue Hoche,( former rue Saint-Yves), was name Rue Joseph Le Brix in 1931, Some remarkable buildings here are at nos 8, 10 was built at the end of the 19C in the gardens of the ancient ditches affected by the rampart, destroyed, on a virgin site until 1840, but built with two houses, The first was before 1897, You have the city hall municipal administrative center at 7 Rue Joseph Le Brix(the actual working city hall), Then a traveler’s hotel called the Modern Hotel, at no, 17 , The hotel was rebuilt in the 1920s, at the site of several built plots appearing on the cadastral plan of 1844 The hotel became a bookstore run by Fred Régnier, artist -painter, designer, who closed in 1974. The old cinema that has become bookstore, at no 19 in the mid-30s, And of course our Dreams Donuts at no 2, Joseph Marie Le Brix was ​​a French sailor, pilot of maritime aviation. He was born on February 22, 1899 in Baden (Morbihan 56) and died on September 12, 1931 in Oufa, region of Urals, Russia, wanting to rally Paris to Tokyo on a non -stop flight.

The City of Vannes on the rue du Mené a continuation of Rue Joseph le Brix : https://www.mairie-vannes.fr/rue-du-mene

The local Gulf of Morbihan tourist office on Vannes : https://www.golfedumorbihan.co.uk/explore/meet-the-exceptionnal/visit-vannes/

The Morbihan dept 56 tourist office on Vannes: https://morbihan.com/decouvrir/le-morbihan-et-ses-perles-bretonnes/destination-golfe-du-morbihan/vannes-entre-art-et-histoire/

There you go folks, a bit of up close and personal post of the wonderful historically sublime streets of Vannes,and a great eatery to boot, This is one post with a new twist ,always something in my capital city, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the streets of Vannes , part VI !!! 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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