Curiosities of Plouay !!!

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As said the choices are endless and the thrill of visiting them is always there. Take a look to my corner of the world and you too will know why I am so enthusiastic about my beautiful Morbihan and my lovely region of Bretagne. Let me tell you a bit more on curiosities of Plouay !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

 The name of the town of Plouay comes from the Breton “Plou” (Parish) and “Zoe” (Saint Ouen for St. Plouay) It was erected as a town in 1790 and passed to the district of Lorient in 1800. Plouay is limited by the Scorff river, which separates it from Berné, Guilligomarch and Arzano; It borders Cléguer and Calan, Lanvaudan and Inguiniel. It is a very famous town here for the its bike and car rallies of Brittany!! I know because was involved in the rallye of Bretagne and cars were passing me by and wondered! I was in the middle of the course!!! It is ,also, home of the great cycling course the Bretagne Classic. Nice memories of Plouay!

The Bécherel oratory was built in 1950 and was installed a statue of Notre-Dame-de-Pitié, a Pietà that rested in the cemetery reliquary since its discovery in the Moulin pond, near. It was place in the grotto of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, by the route de Lorient, This place of meditation, as well as the neighboring lavoir or washhouse, benefited from a total rehabilitation a few years ago.

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The district of Bécherel was formerly a real hamlet, separated from the town by the stream of Bécherel, with its houses built along the vicinal path, its pond and its mill, dependent on the near lordship of Kerdrého. It had a chapel, called N.-D. de Bécherel, attested by the archives in the 17C. Ruined, it was destroyed in 1804, but renew in the form of an oratory built around 1950 by the population of the district in thanks for having been protected from bombing during WWII. There sits a 16C granite pietà found in the Moulin pond and probably from the old chapel.

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The lavoir de Kerspern or wash house, covered and made up of a large rectangular basin, it is one of the last laundries of the town to have worked. until the 1980s, women met there, boiling their laundry in the washhouse before soaping, rubbing it and rinsing it.

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The town of Plouay on its history: https://www.plouay.fr/decouvrir-plouay/histoire-presentation-et-localisation/histoire/

The Lorient south Brittany tourist board on Plouay: https://www.lorientbretagnesudtourisme.fr/fr/immanquables/plouay/

There you go folks another nice town ,Plouay , it’s a treat and lucky to have found it thanks to my dear late wife Martine . It has been a thrill to be here, only sadden by the fact she is no longer with me due to the mean cancer. One more reason to remember her. Again, hope you enjoy this post on curiosities of Plouay !!! 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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