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See salmon "leap" in the centre of town
ranger49 Says: As you walk south along Rue de la Tour d'Auvergne with the river Isole on your left, you will pass Le Gentlemen Pub, accessed by a footbrige over the river. Just a little further, on the bridge at the point where the river flows into La Laita - look down over the bridge to...
ranger49 Says: The main tourist office is situated in Place St Michel in the upper town - rather weirdly tacked on the the end of the church - Notre Dame de L'Assomption. It is well stocked and the staff were friendly and helpfuland is open all year . In summertime an Information Kiosk is...
Church of Saint Croix & Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem
ranger49 Says: The abbey Church of Saint Cross dates from the end of the 11th century. It is very large and has has an unusual cruciform and circular shape but seems to be tucked in to the buildings that have gone up around it. "The plan of the church was copied from that of the Holy...
Ruins of the Church of Saint Colomban
ranger49 Says: This Roman portal probably dates from the 10th or 11th century. The outlines of the of the window frame are in gothic style. If you look through the arched entrance to the inner coutyard where the body of the church once stood you will see some parked cars and the entrance...
ranger49 Says: When travelling I enjoy coming unexpectedly across links to literary figures whose work I know something about. Finding statues and other memorials to writers unknown is always a challenge and sometimes leads me to information and coincidences that I enjoy.So it was with...
ranger49 Says: This street is sometimes compared with a popular quarter of of Paris and described as "une sortie de petit Marais quimperlois".Along Rue Brémond d'Ars lived everyone who was anyone in the mansions built there from the 16th Century onwards. All the Establishment - judges and...
Les Halles - the covered market.
ranger49 Says: I spotted this unusally attractive building as soon as we drove onto the car park. From the walking guide obtained from the Tourist Office I recognised it as the covered market.It was built in 1887 by builders from Paris, the Moreau brothers , from a design by the architects...
ranger49 Says: This medieval bridge once gave access to one of the three gates through which travellers from Vannes entered the fortified city of Quimperlé.It is what in the UK we call a "pack-horse" bridge, in France "dos d'ane", over which heavily laden horses or asses could pass each...
ranger49 Says: Le Présidial dates from 1683 and is the former courthouse. From the outside the most striking architectural feature is the beautifully balustraded entrance staircase - which would once have led into the Court Room The interior has been refurbished in a bright, airy, modern...
ranger49 Says: Rue Saint Morice is named after the Breton Historian and contains some the oldest houses in the historic centre including "The Archers" house that dates from bout 1550. It is used now as a museum and exhibition hall. A surprising number of these old building are in daily use...
Le Médiéval: At the middle of history
ranger49 Says: There was something slightly surreal about sitting outside a medieval building on a very warm, sunny October day next to the remains of an 11th century church and the great bulk of another - a copy of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem at the top of the road behind us.. We had...
More than one.: Chocolates and cakes
ranger49 Says: For a small town with so much history there are fewer than usual purely Tourist shops. In the historic centre between the food market and the shops almost all every day needs can be bought including a few luxuries. Chocolates and patisserie were plentiful !As usual window...
- not far from the beaten track.
ranger49 Says: As you walk away from St Croix and the market down Rue Bremond d'Ars where the Aristocracy had their homes look out, on the right, for narrow gaps between the houses. Through one of these you will see to the public park Les Gorrets.Approach it from the other side of Le Pont...
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Rue Saint Morice is named after the Breton Historian and contains some the oldest houses in the historic centre including "The Archers" house that dates from...
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I don’t know why it has taken us so long to make a proper visit to this lovely old town. We have by-pased it, driven quickly through the outskirts, but until now failed to discover the hidden secrets...
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