Curiosities of Malestroit, part III !!!

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I come and go quickly and see things short. No problems, we will always have tomorrow and we always come back as we did to Malestroit in my beautiful Morbihan and my lovely Bretagne, and in my belle France. This is a town with a story from my work place and have come several times with the family,For an update this year 2025 the town came in 2nd place in the ranking of the most preferred village of the French!!  I need to tell you more on curiosities of Malestroit, part III !!!  Hope you enjoy it as I.

The Church Saint Gilles, very nice in a pedestrian section by the place du Bouffray, really nice,the most impressive is the meridional  façade shown very high on the front. On each side of the south portal you have two doors sculpture from the 17C, you can see encrusted on the wall the sculptues that comes from the church of the 11C, great reliefs rounded, chapters and corbets, all representing a melee of attributes of the evangelists  ,the lion of Saint-Marc landed by  Samson  that symbolises maybe the man of Saint-Mathieu,the deer of Saint-Luc resting on a socket decorated with the eagle of Saint-Jeanand.

The Place du Bouffay is the nerve center of Malestroit. It is here and in its very close surroundings that the shops, bars and restaurants of the city are concentrated. From the terrace of one of them, you will observe the rich architecture of the buildings that surround you. Between the bourgeois dwellings, the half-timbered houses, the sculpted facades and the magnificent Saint-Gilles Church , you won’t know where to turn. See house no 13 Pl du Bouffay 2nd quarter of the 17C now créperie restaurant ,and in renovation.

The Oust river is the main tributary of the Vilaine river, which it joins at Redon on the right bank. Its course, 145 km long or 155 km according to some sources, is entirely located in the departments of Côtes-d’Armor (22), Morbihan (56) and Ille-et-Vilaine (35) of the region of Bretagne. The river, of which a large part of the course is artificial, is an integral part, over more than 80 km of the Nantes to Brest canal. Pic from Rue Notre Dame.

The city of Malestroit on its heritage: https://www.malestroit.bzh/d%C3%A9couvrir

The local Broceliande Vacances tourist office on Malestroit and its heritage:  https://www.destination-broceliande.com/en/discover/our-must-haves/the-canal-from-nantes-to-brest/the-towns-and-villages-along-the-canal/malestroit-the-pearl-of-the-oust/

The escales fluviales river stops along the Canal Nantes to Brest :  https://www.escalesfluviales.bzh/en/the-nantes-brest-canal/

There you go folks, something in my off the beaten path road warrior ways. This is a must for the nature lover, and those walkers, cyclists will enjoy it much. We have done some walks along the canal and its wonderful, worth the detour to the pearl of the Oust , and to see the wonderful architecture and history in Malestroit.  Again, hope you enjoy this post on curiosities of Malestroit, 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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