Bieuzy
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Bieuzy is a commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Morbihan
Morbihan
Morbihan is a department in Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan , the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastline.-History:...

 département in Brittany
Brittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...

 in north-western France
France
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Church and chapels

  • Église Notre-Dame (Church of Notre-Dame), 16th century, in the form of a Latin cross.

  • The chapel of Saint Gildas 16th century. Situated on the banks of the Blavet River
    Blavet
    The Blavet river flows from central Brittany and enters the Atlantic Ocean on the south coast near Lorient. The river is canalized for most of its length and is navigable for smaller craft. It is part of Brittany's canal system and became more important when the western half of that system got cut...

    , the chapel leans against an enormous rock which hangs over it. There is the natural grotto in which Saint Gildas may have taken shelter on his arrival from Cornwall
    Cornwall
    Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

     in England. He is thought to have shared his hermitage
    Hermitage (religious retreat)
    Although today's meaning is usually a place where a hermit lives in seclusion from the world, hermitage was more commonly used to mean a settlement where a person or a group of people lived religiously, in seclusion.-Western Christian Tradition:...

     with his disciple Bieuzy.
  • The chapel of the Trinité (Trinity) at Castenec.
  • The chapel of Saint-Samson, 16th century.
  • the chapel of the Vraie-Croix (True Cross), 16th century.

Curiosities

  • Ruins of the chateau of Rimaison, 16th century.
  • The chateau of Kerven (the ruins were still visible in 1845).
  • Seigneurial houses at Bourg, 16th and 17th centuries.
  • The Gaulois stele
    Stele
    A stele , also stela , is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected for funerals or commemorative purposes, most usually decorated with the names and titles of the deceased or living — inscribed, carved in relief , or painted onto the slab...

     of Castennec.
  • Medieval tombstone, 13th century, discovered in 1971.

Memorial

  • This memorial, located near the Gulf of Rimaison, is in memory of 14 Resistance fighters and French parachutists who were shot and killed at this spot on July 18, 1944.

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