This is La Vraie Croix !!!

Posted in Bretagne, France

This is a small town , that I have passed by it in my road warrior runs, I found some interesting pictures in my cd rom vault of an off the beaten path monument worth the detour, me think, Therefore, let me tell you of this is La Vraie Croix  !!!Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The village of La Vraie-Croix is ​​located in my beautiful Morbihan department no 56, in my lovely region of Bretagne, and in my belle France. The town is 8 km from Elven, 8 km from Questembert , 3 km from Sulniac , 20 km from Vannes, and 48 km from my current home,

The name La Vraie-Croix comes from a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem who, returning from a crusade, brought back a piece of the Cross of Christ. During this journey, he stopped in the village. The next day, as he left, he realized that his piece of the cross had disappeared. Very unhappy, he left again. The piece of the cross was found in a magpie’s nest high in a hawthorn tree. The locals took it, but the next day, the piece was back in the magpie’s nest. They saw this as a sign and decided to build a chapel on the site of the tree to house the relic. The village was until 1852, the year it became a parish, a truce of Sulniac. In 1870, it became a village.

The Chapelle de la Vraie Croix or Chapel of the True Cross dated from the 13C and was rebuilt in 1611, with only an original portal remaining. The rest of the chapel dates from the 17C. According to legend, it was built on the site where a relic of the True Cross, brought back from the Holy Land by a Breton crusader, was stolen by a magpie and hidden high up in a hawthorn tree. This chapel is built on two floors above a vault, supported by two pointed arches, which allows the paved road to cross it from north to south. The road passes under the transept of the upper chapel. Under the vault, a five-recessed ogival doorway, which appears to date from the end of the 13C, through which it was possible to ascend to the upper chapel. It is now accessed by an external stone staircase. This rectangular chapel is a 17C reconstruction. The purpose of this chapel is to house the reliquary of the True Cross. Adorned with engravings and nine precious stones, the reliquary made of copper on gilded wood is in the shape of a double-armed cross; it dates from the 17C. The relic is protected inside a medallion.

Other things to see here are the Church Saint-Isidore built between 1891 and 1892, on the initiative of Father Tanguy, in place of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church which dated from 1501 and 1691. The Louis house, the oldest house in the village, adjoining the Saint-Isidore Church, having belonged to the Templars, The castle of Toulhouët (or Toulouët, Toulhoët, Toulgoët), 17-18C.

The village of La Vrai Croix on the chapel : https://www.lavraiecroix.bzh/patrimoine-bati/la-chapelle

The Morbihan dept 56 tourist office on the Chapelle de la Vrai Croix : https://morbihan.com/a-voir-a-faire/suivez-le-guide/chapelle-de-la-vraie-croix-la-vraie-croix-fr-4411668/

The Rochefort en Terre tourist office on La Vrai Croix : https://www.rochefortenterre-tourisme.bzh/explorer/voyager-dans-le-temps/la-vraie-croix-terre-dhistoire/

There you go folks, another road warrior round and glad have pictures to show it. Which tells us again of all the goodies we are having here in my beautiful Morbihan, Again, hope you enjoy the post on this is La Vraie Croix as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

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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