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Landévennec
Landévennec (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Geography Landévennec is located on the Crozon peninsula, southeast of Brest.The river Aulne forms a natural boundary to the east. Map Sights Landévennec Abbey Landévennec Abbey lies in the commune. Ship graveyard Shortly before entering the roadstead of Brest, the river Aulne forms a bend around the Île de Térénez then the pointe de Pen Forn near Landévennec, where there is a depth of water regardless of the tide and with the high surrounding hills blocking the winds and thus keeping the water calm. Here is sited a ship graveyard for civilian but particularly naval vessels. The only difficulty is the Capelan bank, to the south of Logonna-Daoulas, where the depth is less than - this bank has to be passed to reach the base and thus prevents very deep-draught vessels from reaching it. A naval station was first set up here around 1840 to house reserv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landévennec Abbey
Landévennec Abbey (french: Abbaye de Landévennec, Abbaye Saint-Guénolé de Landévennec) is a Benedictine monastery at Landévennec in Brittany, in the department of Finistère, France. The present monastery is a modern foundation at the site of an early mediaeval monastery, of which only ruins survive. First foundation The abbey is traditionally held to have been founded around 490 by Saint Winwaloe (french: Guénolé). It became a Benedictine house in the eighth century. It was attacked and burned by Vikings in 913 and was subsequently rebuilt in stone. The abbey was suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution and the goods and premises were sold off. Second foundation In 1950 the site was bought by the Benedictine community of Kerbénéat,Paul Burns, ''Butler's Lives of the Saints'', March (2000), p. 24. who built new premises. The community formed part of the Subiaco Congregation, since 2013 the Subiaco Cassinese Congregation. See also * List of Carolingian m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
