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Mikebond Says: If you can, visit Guerlesquin on a Monday: it's the day of the market. This is not a "normal" market with typical Breton products, it's a musical market. As you will see in my travelogues, musicians go through the streets of the village and also across the market, performing...
Saint-Ténénan - outside: calvaire
Mikebond Says: Out of the church you see this small calvaire. It is nothing interesting if compared with those of Guimiliau or Saint-Thégonnec.
Mikebond Says: The prison seigneurale was the prison of the Lords of Guerlesquin. It was built around 1640 by Vincent du Parc de Kerret, a Lord of the village. It consists of a square fortress with a tower at every corner. You can visit it inside (I think it was free when I did it), where...
Saint-Ténénan - inside: decorations
Mikebond Says: Here you see more decorations located inside Saint-Ténénan.The first photo shows a banner with Saint Trechmeur (Trémeur in French), a local saint who was beheaded. This banner is probably used to celebrate a pardon.The second image is a painting of Mary's assumption to...
Saint-Ténénan - inside: statues
Mikebond Says: Like most Breton churches, also Saint-Ténénan has a number of statues. Here you see:1) Sainte-Marthe who defeated a creature half-dragon half-fish. I have found this information on the web, but I'm not sure it's her, although it looks likely;2) Saint-Louis, the Holy King;3)...
Saint-Ténénan - outside: decorations
Mikebond Says: On the façade you can admire some curious gargoyles and other sculptures. Some of them are really unusual, such as those in the first two photos of this tip, that are cut in two by a column.
Saint-Ténénan - outside: architecture
Mikebond Says: The primary église de Saint-Ténenan was built at the end of the 15th or in the early 16th century by the Beaumanoir architect atelier. After it was demolished with the neighbouring chapel of Saint Barbara and charnel house, a new, wider building replaced it in 1859. The new...
Saint-Ténénan - inside: architecture
Mikebond Says: The church inside shows a mixture of styles: it looks Gothic for the wide and decorated windows, but it is also a little Romanesque because the arches are not real vault-arches as in Gothic. Anyway, you see it is a very rich architecture. Let's have a look at the paintings...
Mikebond Says: Since Guerlesquin is a small village and all its inhabitants know each other, you will certainly assist to the traditional Breton custom of kissing on the cheek (se faire la bise), especially if you visit this village on Mondays, when there is the musical market. Here, only...
Mikebond Says: When I was at the Monday musical market in Guerlesquin I noticed many cages with animals for sale, especially ducklings and little rabbits. There were also pupils with their teachers who told them about these animals or the farm life. It was quite strange for me to see farm...
Mikebond Says: The Guerlesquin market is a real show of the Breton soul: you can see and buy many traditional products. I am not sure whether the market takes place on other days than on Monday, the day of the musical market (see my "things to do" tip).
Mikebond Says: While I was at the musical market, some men went across the streets with a horse carrying a calesh, so children could enjoy a trip in Guerlesquin. I am not sure they did it for free, but it was very Breton, as the men wore traditional costumes, as you can see.
Mikebond Says: Should you have forgotten or never known that Guerlesquin is a Breton village, the sign of this bar would remind you of that! The Breton language (brezhoneg) is very spread in Guerlesquin and most streets have Breton names.
Mikebond Says: Almost every corner of the village is embellished with a lot of flowers. Moreover, there is a nice park with a fountain near Saint-Ténénan, which you can see in the last photo of this tip.
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On the façade you can admire some curious gargoyles and other sculptures. Some of them are really unusual, such as those in the first two photos of this tip,...
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The village of the musical market
Guerlesquin lies near Morlaix. Six days a week, it's a small village as there are hundreds in Bretagne. But on Mondays... it's another story. Monday is the day of the traditional musical market of...
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