Curiosities of Plougastel-Daoulas, part III !!!

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The town of Plougastel-Daoulas.has lots of memories for us and even family birthdays celebrated there, Several posts in my blog, but need to tell you more as again found pictures in my cd rom vault that should be in my blog for you and me, The town of Plougastel-Daoulas is in the dept 29 of Finistère in my lovely region of Bretagne , and in my belle France. I like to tell you a bit more on curiosities of Plougastel-Daoulas, part III !!! Hope you enjoy this post as I.

The war memorial bears the names of 393 people who died for France, including 212 during the Great War or WWI, 181 during WWII, 12 during the Indochina War, 4 during the Algerian War, and 14 other people who died on other dates. Plougastel-Daoulas is one of the few towns in France where the number of deaths for France was almost as high during WWII as during WWI, due to those killed during the Liberation battles in 1944.

On December 22, 1990, on the fontaine de l’Imagineur ,water flowed for the first time in the scallop-shaped basin, which housed the earth, the sea, the sky, and a boat with an apple-tree mast, topped with the Moon and the Sun, now gone, like the dial’s hand. On the central square after the demolition of the covered market, today’s Place du Calvaire. The fountain expresses the essential symbolism of Plougastel as life with the world, the dual agricultural and maritime vocation of the peninsula, etc. It is also called the Pilgrim’s Fountain. The pilgrim is depicted there with his dog saying, “See the shadow, you will find the light.” The fountain is recent; its inspiration is the Way of Saint James of Compostela. A figurative ensemble laden with symbols, including two bronze sculptures: the apple tree and the imager harassed by a small dog. This is a large Breton granite basin, shaped like a scallop shell.

The location of the Bistrot de Plougastel restaurant was at 1 Place du Calvaire , This is, where we spent many trips and a couple birthdays for my boys over the years and they love it, Unfortunately ,they closed, here for the memories of always in my blog, For desserts we just walked around the church to the Boulangerie/Pâtesserie/Salon de Thé Mulliner on 5 Rue de l’Église. Under new management since 2022, but the old here for the memories of always, Here we had several sweets and sodas, such as belle hélene, trois chocolates, etc Recognise as the best in Plougastel-Daoulas.

The city of Plougastel on its history: https://www.plougastel.com/histoire.php

The Brest metropole tourist office on Plougastel-Daoulas :https://www.brest-metropole-tourisme.fr/en/explorer-brest-metropole/decouvrir/plougastel-daoulas/

The Bretagne region tourist office on Plougastel-Daoulas: https://www.brittanytourism.com/destinations/the-10-destinations/brest-terres-oceanes/presquile-de-plougastel-and-daoulas-abbey/

There you go folks, as said, plenty on Plougastel-Daoulas in my blog. Again, hope you have enjoy this post on the curiosities of Plougastel-Daoulas, part III 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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