The Church Saint Julien of Plussulien !!

Posted in Bretagne, France
I am back on my road warrior mode and picking up older pics to show new text and links on this post, I came up to the Côtes d’Armor dept 22  right up the alley from me in about an hour. I went to see a friend with my boys and Dad. While at it we passed by some interesting little towns with nice monuments I like to have it recorded in my blog. Therefore, here is my take on the Church Saint Julien of Plussulien !! Hope you enjoy the post as I I took up on my road D768 towards Pontivy and then D767 towards Mur de Bretagne (town today call Guérledan) continuing on to Saint Mayeux, then side stepping to Saint Gilles Vieux Marché on the road D69 and back on D767 to the D70 reaching Plussulien ,and finally back on the D767 to reach Le Haut Corlay, and my friend’s visit. After the visit and lunch, we continue back in our road warrior travels indulging in new roads and new things to see such as the town of Plussulien. The town’s name comes from the Breton “ploe” (parish) and from “Saint Sulia or Saint Suliac”, breton Saint honored as much in Bretagne as in Wales and Cornwall. Plussulien is cited as a locality at the end of the 12C and in 1221. It is about 40 km from St Brieuc. The Church Saint-Julien dedicated to Saint Julien, bishop of Le Mans, the church was rebuilt from 1873 to 1875. It is in the shape of a Latin cross, includes a nave with aisles of three spans, plus that of the bell tower, a transept and a choir. The current, modern church was built first stone was blessed on July 30, 1873 and its porch is dated 1875. It replaced a church several times rebuilt, in the 14C and 16C; only the 16C stained glass has been re-employed in the current church. The church has a processional silver cross from the end of the 16C; ancient statues of Saint Julien, N.-D. de Pitié, Saint Pierre, Saint Guillaume, Saint Meriadec 17-18C, Saint Cornely, Saint Roch, Saint Laurent, Saint Marguerite; and, among the more recent, those of Saint Sulian and Saint Yves. One curiosity here, there is a nice statue of the Christ Résurrection at the entranc to the cemetery and next to the above church. plussulien-ch-st-julien-front-feb20 plussulien ch st julien side feb20 Other things to see here are the menhir of Kerjégu, erected  on the site of Quelfennec, constitutes another witness of human occupation of the territory in the Neolithic period. The site is a dolerite quarry which was the subject of intense exploitation in the Neolithic period, from -3500 to -1800, for the production of polished stone tools, The production of axes seems to have gradually disappeared around -2000 on the diffusion of metal tools in the Bronze Age. The statue calvary is from 1679 next to the Church Saint Julien above. plussulien-statue-christ-by-ch-st-julien-feb20 Again small town of Plussulien, simple no city hall building read a bit of info here: https://www.annuaire-mairie.fr/mairie-plussulien.html There you go folks, another wonderful ride into the countryside of my lovely Bretagne; pure nature and we had sunshine here too! The road warrior freedom of travel, can’t be beat anywhere!  Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Church Saint Julien of Plussulien as I. And remember, happy travel, 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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