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Sacred spring / fountainMorbihan
Fontaine Saint-Clair
Limerzel
Dimensions
fountain in the Flamboyant style, 1725
Period
18th century (older legend)
What stands there
1 fountain + neighbouring chapel, pardon in early October
A devotional fountain associated with Saint Clair, first bishop of Nantes, who is said to have made the spring gush forth and cured the blind by wetting their eyes. The water is still traditionally reputed to heal eye diseases; a 15th-century chapel and a granite cross stand beside it.
Getting there : Free access, along the D774
Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.
Ambient sound
Nearby
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- Chapelle Sainte-Anne de Saint-DolayChapel · Saint-Dolay · 15 km
- Chapelle de la MadeleineChapel · Malestroit · 18 km
- Chapelle Saint-Michel de BrangoloChapel · Theix · 20 km
- Château de RieuxLegendary castle · Rieux · 20 km
This place in the great stories
- The springs that heal: Saint Clair, Saint Odile and the waters of the saintsFrom the council of Arles (c. 451-452) to the chapel of the lac de la Maix (1866): the…
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All places — Morbihan (60).