The Church Saint Mayeux of Saint Mayeux !!

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 of my lovely Bretagne,  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 Mayeux of Saint Mayeux !! Hope you enjoy the post as I Saint Mayeaux ch side feb20 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  Saint-Mayeux  ,name as such from the18C.. The name of the town comes from Saint Mayeux, little known Breton Saint. Saint-Mayeux is finally reach by the D 69 road, between Saint Gilles Vieux Marché and the village of Kerguiel. It is at 21 km from Pontivy (Morbihan 56). The Church Saint Mayeux  with a bell tower rebuilt in 1808, been a recovery of that of the Abbey of Bon-Repos. The church houses a statue of the Virgin 17-18C, and old statues of Saint Mayeux, a Crucifix, Saint Yves , and Saint Abbé. The Church Is next to city hall at 1 Place de la Mairie. The cemetery crucifix dates from the 16C, although the year 1861 is engraved on the base.  In June 1806, most of the old church having collapsed, during the demolition of the old tower and Bell tower, the mayor asked to transport the cult to the Saint-Maurice chapel. The restoration work was done quickly thanks to the recovery of the bell tower of the bon-repos abbey, dismantled, then reassembled, stone by stone, The church was rebuilt in 1835, The Church Saint Mayeux is done in the shape of a Latin cross, it includes a nave with low sides of five spans and a choir. At the right of the last span of the nave two chapels on the wings form the arms of the little accentuated cross. The altars and the pulpit from the old church, are from the 18C. The baptismal font, with baldaquin, are from the same time. saint-mayeux-ch-st-mayeux-front-feb20 Other things to see are the Saint-Maurice chapel, 14-17C, restored in the 18C with its altarpiece and its miraculous fountain. Le Roch ar lin, with the belvedere steeped in history and legends, including the famous staircase pulpit and its standing stones or Menhirs, such as the Mein ar c’has (the Stone of the cat), the Roch al lein (the Rock at the top). Le Tombeau du Gaulois (a covered walkway). A bit of history tell us that under the Old Regime (monarchy) , Saint-Mayeux was a parish resulting from the dismemberment of the parish of the primitive Armorica of Plussulien, It was part of the diocese of Quimper, and had for trait Caurel and Saint-Gilles-Vieux-Marché. Saint-Mayeux comes from Yves Mayeuc (bishop of the diocese of Rennes from 1507 to 1541) or Saint Mayeux around 540, It was in Coëtmieux that Saint Mayeux died and that he would have been buried. Saint Mayeux as you can tell is a very small town so the city/town hall just do not have official building, a bit of info on this site: https://www.annuaire-mairie.fr/mairie-saint-mayeux.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 Mayeux of Saint Mayeux 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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