Bieuzy (; ) is a former commune in the

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department in

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in northwestern

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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Pluméliau-Bieuzy.Arrêté préfectoral
28 November 2018 Inhabitants of Bieuzy are called ''Bieuzyates''.

Sights

Prehistoric vestige

Dolmen A dolmen, () or portal tomb, is a type of single-chamber Megalith#Tombs, megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from the Late Neolithic period (4000 ...

of Kermabon.

Church and chapels

* Notre-Dame, 16th century, in the form of a Latin cross. * The chapel of

Saint Gildas Gildas (English pronunciation: , Breton: ''Gweltaz''; ) — also known as Gildas Badonicus, Gildas fab Caw (in Middle Welsh texts and antiquarian works) and ''Gildas Sapiens'' (Gildas the Wise) — was a 6th-century British monk best known fo ...

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

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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

stele A stele ( ) or stela ( )The plural in English is sometimes stelai ( ) based on direct transliteration of the Greek, sometimes stelae or stelæ ( ) based on the inflection of Greek nouns in Latin, and sometimes anglicized to steles ( ) or stela ...

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