Bieuzy (; br, Bizhui-an-Dour) is a former commune in the

Morbihan Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastli ...

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in northwestern

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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune

Pluméliau-Bieuzy Pluméliau-Bieuzy (; br, Pluniav-Bizhui) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany, north-western France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Pluméliau Pluméliau (; ) is a former commune in the ...

.Arrêté préfectoral
28 November 2018 Inhabitants of Bieuzy are called ''Bieuzyates''.

Sights

Prehistoric vestige

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of Kermabon.

Church and chapels

* Notre-Dame, 16th century, in the form of a

Latin cross A Latin cross or ''crux immissa'' is a type of cross in which the vertical beam sticks above the crossbeam, with the three upper arms either equally long or with the vertical topmost arm shorter than the two horizontal arms, and always with a mu ...

. * The chapel of

Saint Gildas Gildas ( Breton: ''Gweltaz''; c. 450/500 – c. 570) — also known as Gildas the Wise or ''Gildas Sapiens'' — was a 6th-century British monk best known for his scathing religious polemic ''De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae'', which recounts ...

16th century. Situated on the banks of the Blavet River, 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 (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

in England. He is thought to have shared his hermitage 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.

Fountain

* The fountain of Saint Bieuzy, 16th century.

Mill

* The flour mill of Rimaison.

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 Gallic

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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 18 July 1944.

References

External links

Cultural Heritage
Former communes of Morbihan Populated places disestablished in 2019 {{Morbihan-geo-stub