Curiosities of Quimperlé, part III !!!

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Once again, found me older pictures lost in some other posts and decided to put these two in one single post on Quimperlé, I have written plenty on this nice town, which should be visited more, me think, Therefore, here is my take on curiosities of Quimperlé ,part III !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The Le Presidial was a building built in 1653, on the model of the neighbouring house (on the left of it) , on the ground floor, the crowd (covered market) and, upstairs, the town community and the sénéchaussée (Royal Court).  The historical Le Présidial, the building mostly gone now only is left with a front . From the visual stairs shown you went into a terrace that give to the first floor, where the justice audience was carry out ,at the end of this salle or room you had two doors communicating to allow exchanges with the municipal elected officials . The found guilty were enclosed in the building next to the stairs that served as municipal prison.  The Hall survived in the ground floor  until 1829.  The “présidial” served temporaly as a prison until 1868.

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Since 2015, the Le Presidial has supported local mediation projects in connection with territory associations. It is a place of residence for artistic creation and cultural mediation where exhibitions, workshops, conferences, auditions, master-class and small forms are organized. A meeting place for all audiences and all forms of contemporary creations.

The White Abbey is the former Dominican convent. Founded in 1265, by Duke John I, it closes in 1790 and is purchased as a national property in 1793, serves as a quarry of stones, but the buildings of the 16C are still partially preserved, as well as the portal of the 15C.. It suffered destruction during the French revolution: destroyed church and conventual buildings disfigured. Sisters settled there at the beginning of the 19C and, since 1960, it housed the order of the Daughters of Jesus of Kermaria. The Saint-Joseph Chapel is built from 1932 to 1935, and is decorated with stained glass windows.  The Sisters of the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus left the White abbey ,couple years ago. Now the city is looking into what would the future holds for the 4,000 m2 site which extends over an area of ​​nearly 20,000 m2 including 13,000 m2 of garden . It is ,also,  knowing that the Saint-Joseph house (seniors care) still remains on site until early 2027, the time of the construction of the new hospital where its follow -up care service will settle.

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The city of Quimperlé on its identity/presentation: https://www.quimperle.bzh/decouvrir-la-ville/quimperle/carte-didentite/

The local Quimperlé les rias tourist office on the Presidial: https://www.quimperle-lesrias.bzh/visites/presidial-quimperle-pcubre029v52piyi/ 

The official White Abbey: https://abbayeblanche.bzh/

There you go folks, another dandy run to wonderful Quimperlé , amazing architecture and history all over, we love it, Again, hope you have enjoy this post on my curiosities of Quimperlé , part III 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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