The Chapelle Sainte Hélène of Surzur !!!

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I was again on my road warrior trips in my beautiful Morbihan,lovely Bretagne, and belle France. I was en route to see the homeopathic doctor who treated my dear late wife Martine and walked a bit in city center Surzur to admire the nice Chapelle Sainte Hélène. Now for sentimental reasons taken a while to be back, will eventually, However, let me tell you a bit on the Chapelle Sainte Hélène of Surzur !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

Surzur is located between the Rhuys peninsula with the town of Sarzeau; the Pénerf river, with the towns of Tour-du-Parc, Damgan and Ambon; the Gulf of Morbihan with the towns of Saint-Armel, Le Hézo and Theix-Noyalo; finally, La Trinité-Surzur and Lauzach. All very nice and several posts in my blog. The town is  located 16 km from Vannes, and 52 km from my house ! I have written before on the town, but this is a new post with older pictures.

The Chapelle Sainte Hélène , 17C, located in the village of Brarun, town of Surzur. Its façade is pierced by a door in a semicircular, dating from the 17C, and surmounted by a stone steeple. It was restored between 1992 and 1995. The stained glass windows evoke the Gothic era with the use of elements of the 15C.  

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The Chapelle Sainte Hélène is very simple and full of charms, would have been built by crusaders. This is verifiable by Gothic elements of the 14-15C which have been used for its construction, in particular the windows. The current building dates from the 17C. The facade, facing the village, is pierced with a semicircular door and is surmounted by an elegant stone tin. It is surmounted by a small pyramid on which a cross is placed. Inside the tiles are original as are the three entraits that hold the vault. The Choir is delimited by a small balustrade. Behind is the altar recently restored with its eagle on the pediment. The two side windows (lancets) enlighten the choir. The chapel houses five beautiful plaster statues of Sainte-Hélène, the Virgin, Sainte-Marguerite, Sainte-Thérèse and Saint-Mathurin.

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The Pardon or procession takes place on August 18 and continues to attract people each year, It goes through the nearby fountain, located north of the chapel, it is slightly against the road. Some steps allow you to go down there. Very pretty, it has a roof surmounted by a cross. There is a engraved ermine as well as the Sainte Hélène inscription. Next to it is a white Virgin.

This is one of the most important saints, both Catholicism and the Orthodox Church. Born in 250 in Great Britain, she married a Roman general who gave her a son, Constantine, who became emperor of Rome in 301. Both, very pious actively participated in the evangelization of Asia. But what earned the Canonization of Sainte Hélène,was her discovery, during a political trip at the age of 80, of the relics of the real cross in Jerusalem. This gave boom to pilgrimages to Jerusalem and soothed the tensions of the time. Hélène is the patron saint of dyers, nails and needles merchants.

The town of Surzur on its chapels including St Héléne: https://www.surzur.fr/chapelles/

The Gulf of Morbihan tourist office on Surzur: https://www.golfedumorbihan.bzh/explorer-vannes/decouvrir-vannes/golfe-morbihan/presquile-rhuys/surzur/

The Parrish of Theix Surzur on its chapel including St Héléne: https://paroisses-theix-surzur.com/la-paroisse/les-chapelles/

There you go folks, a nice ride into coastal town off the beaten path, and a quant city center of Surzur. Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Chapelle Sainte Hélène of Surzur 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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