Today's motorbike ride took me to the old Breton town of Locminé where the parish church of St. Sauveur - St. Saviour - is rather unusual. In 1972 the Mayor and Town Council decided that the parish church had become so shabby and dilapidated that it should be torn down and rebuilt. The front facade consisting of the front of the chapel of St. Colomban (with the clock tower) and the front of the church of St. Sauveur (with the bell tower) were so much of a local landmark though that it was decided to retain them but build a modern church behind. This view shows the sharp contrast between the old buildings and the new church which was opened in 1975.
These are all 3 great captures each with a different view of the marrying of the old and new. I suppose some day the older part will crumble and only the new will remain. But how long will it stand of time? As long as the older buildings have? I think not.
I think I like this one the best: the harmony of old and new with the the same continuous objective of community worship; the setting - always in the centre bourg and thus accessible to all; the well tended plants and flowers showing a community that cares about its heritage. All this magnificently captured.
