Curiosities of Le Bono, part II !!!

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As I was looking into my treasure chest of photos found me again in my cd rom vault a picture that should be in my blog for you and me, This town have visited several times and many posts of this wonderful coastal town, For reference, Le Bono is located in my beautiful Morbihan department 56, in my lovely Bretagne region of my belle France. The town is located approximately 4 km from Auray and around 20 km from Vannes, as well as about 19 km from my house, Therefore, let me tell you about curiosities of Le Bono, part II !!!  Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The village of Le Bono is nestled on the left bank of the Sal river, near its confluence with the Auray river that eventually goes into the Gulf of Morbihan and then the Atlantic Ocean,; The Sal river is 24 km long, rises in the town of Grand-Champ (see post), and flows into the Auray river between Pluneret (see post) and Le Bono, after crossing six towns. The port, first mentioned in 1728, initially developed around a natural haven, offering opportunities to moor boats and shelter them from the prevailing winds, bordered by a chain of hard rocks, and therefore constituting a good shelter site for sailors. The place is an unmissable place during the Semaine du Golfe or Gulf Week boat parade.

The Pont Joseph-Le-Brix bridge or Kernours bridge is a crutch bridge spanning the Bono river between the villages of Le Bono and Pluneret. Its total length is 320 meters. In 1969, a new bridge was inaugurated to replace the suspension bridge, which was too small to accommodate road traffic. This steel crutch bridge is named in honor of Joseph Le Brix, an aviator from the neighboring town of Baden (see post). With a deck 286 meters long and 10 meters wide and a height of 26 meters above the Bono river, this bridge offers a panoramic view of the port of Le Bono and its old suspension bridge.

There is a nice quant old bridge here which you can walk it but no vehicules allowed, It took the town to wait until 1835 for a bridge project to see the light of day. On May 22, 1837, an order from king Louis Philippe I, approved the project. On September 28, 1840, the Prefect could order that the bridge be delivered to the public. On December 3 and 4 1865, the bridge was heavily damaged by violent storms and traffic was prohibited. On January 5, 1869, the Prefect issued an order and a real reconstruction of the suspension bridge was decided. By decree of November 6, 1871, circulation was restored and the tariff of duties to be collected put back into force. The toll will be permanently suspended from January 1, 1879 by prefectural decree. In the spring of 2003, it must be prohibited to all traffic, automobile and pedestrian. The new suspension bridge of Le Bono was inaugurated on May 7, 2005. This structure, more than 170 years old, is one of the last two representatives of this type in France.

The town of Le Bono on the pont Joseph le Brix : https://www.lebono.fr/decouvrir-le-bono/patrimoine/le-pont-joseph-le-brix/

The local Gulf of Morbihan tourist office on Le Bono : https://www.golfedumorbihan.bzh/explorer-vannes/decouvrir-vannes/golfe-morbihan/autour-golfe/le-bono/

There you go folks , some more interesting road warrior and off the beaten path in my beautiful Morbihan; Plenty more to see and do here. Again, hope you enjoy the post on curiosities of Le Bono, 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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