The streets of Auray, part II !!!

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I give you my wonderful take on the streets of Auray ,a favorite city of ours , and our first administrative town upon moving to the Morbihan in 2011, I have many posts on Auray in my blog but never enough to see these wonderful streets of it for its wonderful architecture and amazing history. Sometimes even more than the history of France but also, the  USA  and Canada. I will show you more about Auray or An Alre in the Breton language. Therefore, here is my take on the streets of Auray , part II !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I,

The Place Joffre is one of our favorite parking spots. There is still one grocery store there founded in 1949, its current owners, behind their counter for 35 years, witness the changes in Place Joffre, which has become peaceful after having been, during the pig fair, the heart of the city. The pig fair had been moved to Place du Four-Mollet, but cattle fairs still existed. They disappeared with European standards, just like the farmers who sold, not long ago, raw milk, cream and eggs on the market.A quant spot in Auray, and still the closest office for the social security administration or CPAM du Morbihan!

The Place aux Roues is a square that takes its name from the wheel business (carts, wheelbarrows, etc.) that once took place there. It already bears this name in 1839 on the Napoleonic land register. It shelters a public well, and, at n ° 19 of the contiguous street, an oven in which the inhabitants came, in the 18C, to bake their bread for a fee. Today, the Place aux Roues is a place open to the senses, with its restaurant and bakery scents, its artists’ windows, period costumes, musical instruments and exotic objects. It is sometimes lulled by entertainment (music, theater) but despite everything aspires to more daily life.

At the Place Notre-Dame, nice small parking spot we like and the spot of the markets day and night time. It is right in front of the Church Saint Gildas (see posts) ,and easy walking all over town, we have used the parking many times and shop in its markets.

The Rue Georges Clemenceau is where the Convent d’Augustines from the 15-17C is located next to the music school, attached to the Sainte-Hélène Chapel, built in 1651, The old Hôtel-Dieu inside has furniture and the woodwork dating from the 19C , The convent of Augustines in 1674, at the request of the advisor to the Parliament of Brittany, the Augustines, of the hospital nuns, settled in Auray. The chapel is transformed in the hospital room to welcome soldiers, mutilated sailors and victims of epidemics, it was enlarged in the 19C, Very nice historical street we like to walk each time in town, Worth the walk me think.

The city of Auray and its history : https://www.auray.fr/Ma-ville/Histoire

The Bay of Quiberon tourist office on Auray: https://www.baiedequiberon.co.uk/auray

There you go folks, a wonderful world indeed, and one I cherish every day feeling lucky to be here and thanking every day my dear late wife Martine my mamie blue forever. Again, hope you enjoy this post on the streets of Auray, part II !!! 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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