The Capelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours of of Dieppe !!!

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Yes how about Dieppe in the Normandie region of my belle France! Well looking over older posts in my blog I realise not written if not all or hardly anything on this monument ! Well I need to bring my blog to full bloom and have recorded more of my wonderful travel memories. Let me tell you about the Capelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours of of Dieppe !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The wonderful Chapelle of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours built in 1876 looking down at the city from the cliffs above the rock of Pollet,was a place of pilgrims and later a point to the memory of the marines lost at sea. The is church has on many site the name of Chapelle or Chapel as it started but it is now a church.

The Capelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours was built in 1876 for sailors who died at sea. It was first a place of pilgrimage before being a parish church. Many ex-votos bear witness to sailors who died at sea. The Dieppe sailors who often ventured into the various seas of the world until the 19C aroused local pride. It is customary among the fishermen of Dieppe to baptize the boats.

The Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours dedicated to the Virgin Mary has the particularity of being filled with votive offerings in the form of miniature boats. The fishermen, before or after the navigation, wish to thank the Virgin or to ensure her protection by offering a model of their boat. This is placed near the Marian statue of the crowned Virgin Mary slaying the dragon after the passage of the Apocalypse according to Saint John the Evangelist. Memorable picture below on the garden back of the chapel with my dear late wife Martine!

The stained-glass windows are relatively modest and bear witness to the neo-Gothic style which at the end of the 19C, in the line of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, wanted to recreate a lost Middle Ages. The church has the particularity of being built on top of a cliff, by the sea. A personal pic just by the statue of the Virgin Mary outside the church.

The city of Dieppe on the Chapelle Notre Dame de Bon Secours: https://www.dieppe.fr/menus/decouvrir-dieppe-2/le-patrimoine-architectural-2/notre-dame-de-bonsecours-85

The Dieppe tourist office on the Chapelle Notre Dame de Bon Secours: https://uk.dieppetourisme.com/offers/chapelle-notre-dame-de-bonsecours-dieppe-en-4165327/

 There you go folks, another dandy Norman in my belle France, and glad to be there and looking forward for more on Dieppe. Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Capelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours of Dieppe !!! 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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