We come by here always, we eat here , enjoy it here ,ride boats here, and do shopping galore on many items yet I need to tell you more, I have come back as always with new pictures in my blog for you and me, Awesome, a must to visit , wonderful indeed , This is my capital City of Vannes or Gwened (Breton) in my beautiful Morbihan dept 56, in my lovely Bretagne,and my belle France. I like to tell you more of the beautiful Le Port of Vannes ,part II !!! Hope you enjoy this post as I.
The pleasure boats marina which houses of course pleasure boats The place Gambetta, of hemispherical plan, marks the end of the port of Vannes and puts it in contact with the historic center by the Porte Saint-Vincent. The Le Port is a lively and urban district of Vannes, covering an area of 1.5 km². So much written on it in my blog but each time is a thrill !!
The pleasure boats marina you have at the exit of the marina, the Gulf Park , the starting point for boat trips to the islands of the Gulf of Morbihan and off the continental shelf in the Atlantic ocean, The impecable Promenade de la Rabine located on the right bank of the port is made up of a long alley of trees that stretches for nearly 800 meters between the port esplanade and the north and the quays of the commercial port to the south. The term rabine is of Breton origin, it means “alley planted with trees”. The Promenade de la Rabine was built a wharf and the destruction of the Saint-Julien chapel in 1740 allowed the widening of the rows of trees in front of the convent of Carmelites barefooted in 1745. As the docks expanded southwards, the Promenade de la Rabine was extended. In 1887, the extension of the promenade beyond the Santière, to the Pont-Vert.
The port of Vannes has a visitor area for your stopovers with 60 places available. The Marina has a capacity to host 280 boats on pontoons. It can accommodate 34 boats on dead body. Popular with locals and visitors alike boaters and tourists thanks to its location in the heart of the city, the Marina is equipped with many facilities: harbormaster cultural kiosk, tourist office, green area and underground parking le Port. Lovely areas indeed. And one of our favorite parking spots is up this promenade! for free!!
Another nice area is the Place Gambetta square, of hemispherical layout, marks the end of the port of Vannes and puts it in contact with the historic center by the Porte Saint-Vincent (see post) ,It divides the canal marina into two sections which are the Rive Droite or Right Bank – Faubourg de Kaër neighborhood which has the impecable Promenade de la Rabine located on the right bank of the port, the Promenade de la Rabine is made up of a long alley of trees that stretches for nearly 800 meters between the port esplanade and the north and the quays of the commercial port to the south. The term rabine is of Breton origin, it means “alley planted with trees”. And the Rive Gauche or Left Bank –Faubourg de Calmont neighborhood, Much older as from the Middle Ages, along the road linking Séné to Vannes (current road D199 and rue Monseigneur Tréhiou), Calmont was an extra-muros suburb occupied in particular by bargemen and fishermen. Calmont included the city’s quarries, lime and tile kilns. You can access the walled city through the Porte de Calmont ; located after the Port Authority (capitainerie or harbormaster), the Left Bank is the subject of an ongoing redevelopment project.
Access to the port is done under the Kerino bridge built on the channel, downstream of the lock gate. There is now a wonderful underground tunnel just super! The Kerino tunnel or Kerino underpass (see post) is an underwater road, cyclist and pedestrian tunnel. This work of art, destined to cross the Marle river, is located at the mouth of the channel linking the port Marina to the
Gulf of Morbihan. The tunnel is dug a few meters downstream of the current Kerino bridge. It has a length of 250 meters and has two passages separated by a bulkhead, one for the car traffic in both directions, the other for a bike path and sidewalk. The
Tunnel de Kérino done in 2016.
A bit of history I like tell us the location of the port in Vannes has varied greatly. Without having found the port facilities, archaeological excavations restore the ancient port to the location of the prefecture, south of Boismoreau hill, site of the ancient
Darioritum. Over the centuries, the progressive saltation causes a displacement of the site towards the south. The exact location of the medieval port was not known until the extension of the urban wall to the south, which took place at the end of the 14C. After the installation of three convents on the port, the Ursulines in 1627, the Carmelites in 1629, the Father-Eternal soon after, the vitality of the port made this district a popular place in the second half of the century. Despite the presence of the Féty Chapel c 1420, which commemorates the passage of Saint Vincent Ferrier,(see post) the left bank was not really invested until the 17C. It was especially in the 18C that construction intensified, together with the establishment of the shipyards which occupy the current space of the Petite Rabine. The construction of the Porte Saint-Vincent gate in 1624 confirms a new path created at the end of the 16C, between the city and its port. Place Gambetta is the result for the first time in Vannes, of a program aiming to stage the port and access to the city by the Porte Saint-Vincent.
The official port of Vannes: https://port-de-vannes.com/fiche-pratique-de-votre-port/
The city of Vannes on the Port and pl Gambetta: https://www.mairie-vannes.fr/le-port-et-la-place-gambetta
The Gulf of Morbihan Tourist Office on Le port of Vannes: https://www.golfedumorbihan.co.uk/fiche/port-de-vannes-en/
There you go folks, something nice around boats, history, architecture, the sea what else do you want ! I am always around here just sublime ! Again, hope you enjoy this post on Le Port of Vannes, part II !!! as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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