Lanildut

Lanildut ( Br Breton Lannildud in ) is a common department of the Finistere, in the area Brittany, in France.

Lanildut comes from lann (hermitage in Breton) and from Ildut (holy Welsh of the 5th century). Ildut saint, born in the County of Clamorgan, was the tutor of saint David, holy Samson, holy Magloire and holy Gildas, all fellow students of saint pol. Aurélien. Pol. was the disciple of Ildut, and this last the disciple of Budoc. Ildut, abbot founder of the monastery of Llanilltud Fawr (Clamorgan), came in Armorique, where it approached at the coast of the Leon, with the harbor of Laber-Ildut. Saint Ildut died in Dol with.

Geography

The base (approximately 100 tons) of the Obelisk of Louqsor or Luxor, set up in 1836, on the Place of the Harmony in Paris, comes from the careers of Granit of Laber-Ildut.

History

The parish of Lanildut, mentioned as from the 15th century, depended formerly on old évêché on Leon. Lanildut sheltered the seat of the seigniory of Gouerbian.

At the 16th century, Lanildut belonged to the seneschalsy of Brest and Saint-Renan.

The commune of Lanildut increased, in 1869, with the detriment of the commune of Porspoder.

Demography

Economy

Lanildut is the first port goémonier of Europe with 35.000 tons of algae discharged on its quays each year, that is to say almost half of the national production of the Goémon. The port is managed by the Chamber of commerce and of industry of Brest.

Places and monuments

Church Saint-Ildut (1786).
Saint-Gildas Vault (rebuilt in 1840) and his fountain.
Cross of Gorréminihy (Early middle ages).
Cross located in front of the placître of the church of Lanildut (16th century).
Of other crosses or vestiges of cross: the cross of Kerdrévor placed on a surrounding wall, the cross of Kernéac' H (the Middle Ages), the cross of Kervrézol (the Middle Ages), the cross of the cemetery of Lanildut (1892), the cross of Pontic (20th century), the cross of Vern or Toul-Douar (1944).
Manor of Rumorvan (17th century), built by the family Tanguy de Kerjean-Mol and increased in 1820.
Laundrette of (19th century).
the house of the Algue is open from June to September, with the second hangar, on the port.

It presents a ludic exposure which will say all to you on the place of the algae in the alive world (identification of the various families of algae, zones of harvest…).

It presents also the epopee of the goémoniers of formerly by discovering their boats, their work tools, but also of the models, films and the photographs which testify to the roughness of their daily life. Discover the traditional use of the algae like those of today.

The visit of the 11 furnaces with goémon still visible in Lanildut makes it possible to measure the seniority of this trade on the commune.

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