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For
your stay
Lodging places in the round Auray 83 hotels from 1
of 4 stars, offering more than 1600 rooms open to groups and
individuels more than 70 camp sites more than 102
gites and 29 guest houses
Furnished apartments to rent - guest houses a list can be
found at the
Tourist Information Office in Auray
(33) 2 97 24 09 75
3 Tourist Complexes (Carnac, Ploemel, Etel)
2 Holiday Villages Landaul, La Trinité-sur-Mer)
Leisure and holiday centre at Erdeven.
Contacts Spiritual Reception The Basilica is open every day
from 7.30 am. till 7.00 pm. (July/August until 9.00 pm)
Permanence in the sacristy under the tower 9.30 am - 12.00
pm., 2.00 pm - 6.00 pm. Confessions in the Basilica every
day.
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Information
Tourist Information Office, Sainte-Anne d'Auray, from
May to September
(33) 2 97 57 69 16
Reservation service
(33) 2 97 56 48
12 2 rue du Château
56400 AURAY
Guided visits possible Tourist Information Office,
Auray 20 rue du Lait - (33) 2 97 24 09 75
Direction
of pilgrimages Tel.: (33) 2 97 57 68 80 Fax:(33) 2 97
57 63 35
Comite
Departemental du Tourisme du Morbihan Hotel du département 56009 VANNES cedex
Tel.: (33) 2 97 54 06 56
Fax: (33) 2 97 42 71 02 |
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How
to get there
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By road : A11 (Motorway,
Paris-Rennes), N24 (Trunk road, Rennes-Ploermel-Vannes),
and N 1 65 exit Auray.
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By train : Direct link
by TGV (high speed train) all year. SNCF station Auray.
Paris- Auray 3 hrs 30 mins.
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air : Airport Lorient-lann Bihoue at 45 mins.
Tel. (33) 2 97 87 21 50
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History
and message
- Sainte
Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary, has been venerated here since
the Vth century. The pilgrimage started in the XVIIth century,
after apparitions of Saint Anne to Yves Nicolazic, a pious labourer.
The 7th of march 1625, he discovers in the field of the Bocenno
an ancient wooden statue of the Saint. The Bishop of Vannes, after
an inquiry, recognise the authenticity of the apparition. He authorises
he construction of a chapel in honour of Sainte Anne. This chapel
was replaced by the actual basilica (1865.1872).
- Sainte
Anne is the mother of all hope, consoler of all afliction. Here,
around the family, reading the Bible, on the theme of light, of
the rebuilding of the Church,…
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- visitors
can reflect, relax, rest, discover an inner calm.
- On
20th september 1996, in the presence of 150 000 pilgrims, Pope
John-Paul II called on us to be the builders of the Church in
the new generation.
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High
points
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Sainte-Anne d'Auray welcomes pilgrims all year round. From
march until october the pilgrimage season is dotted with "pardon"
ceremonies from all of the dioceses of Brittany and elsewhere,
and by different religious mouvements.
- The
principal feast days of the Church are celebrated, in particular
those linked to Sainte Anne and the Virgin Mary. 26 th of July
: Great Feast of Sainte Anne 15 th of August : the Assumption
of the Virgin Mary First Sunday in September : Nativity of the
Virgin Mary First Sunday in October : end of the pilgrimages
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Tourist
Environment
- The
Basilica (1865-1872), allies a gothic taste to a renaissance style.
At the summit of the tower (75m), stands a bronze statue showing
Sainte-Anne, a torch in her hand.
- Other
visits : the XVII th century cloister, the fountain, the Scala
santa, the War memorial for victims of the Great War, the treasury
and the galery of religions art, the museum of traditional breton
clothes, the house of Yves Nicolazic. Historical - Wax Museum.
"Espace Jean-Paul Il" inaugurated on 20th September 1997.
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FOR
YOUR PILGRIMAGE
- A
proposition for one day : 9:00 Audiovisuel presentation. Visite
of the sanctuary. 11:00 am pilgrim's Mass 3:00 pm
- Prayer
time in the basilica Guided visit of the other santuary sites
on request (free). Photograph transparencies, exhibitions. Possibility
of meeting a priest. Contact : Direction of Pilgrimages Tel (33)
2 97 57 68 80 Fax (33) 2 97 57 63 35
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