On the occasion of Lorient’s 354th anniversary, the city decided to ask the inhabitants to find a name for the rambla of Jules-Ferry park. Everyone can contribute their idea by writing their proposal on the specially edited postcard, which can be collected from the town hall. Or by writing to the email address: [email protected].
Quite a few proposals have already been tabled. Here are a few more, signed by René Estienne, former general curator in the historical department of Defense. A scholar and connoisseur of the history of the city of five ports.
Under the rambla, the quays
René Estienne first suggests the names of the Dukes of La Meilleraye, father and son. “If we want to pay tribute to the birth of the city, we must remember that Lorient would not exist without their action, in the 17th century.e century, explains René Estienne. However, no urban public space today recalls this founding name. These two figures of the high nobility are controversial but fascinating, perfectly embody the faults and qualities of the greatest figures of their time, and deserve a reminder of their decisive intervention in the creation of the Compagnie des Indes and their establishment on the Blavet. “
René Estienne evokes other possible names. The course – or quay – of the Faouëdic mill bridge, in reference to the Ancien Régime: “The dike was found during the work on the gardens, but buried again. “ The rue des Remparts, reminiscent of the fortifications of the XIXe century street “The angle of which can always be seen on the orientation of the facade of the house above the Horizon Ouest souvenir store, at the corner of rue Cambry”.
There is also, as Pierre pointed out to us, a reader, “The effectively controlled and irrefutable name of Cours des quais, valid from the mid-19th centurye to that of XXe century “, confirms René Estienne.
The Course at Norbert?
Finally, concludes René Estienne, “If we skip the reconstruction period, it is clear that the program for the rehabilitation and revitalization of Lorient town center, launched in 1990, has led to the establishment of a sort of global forum linking the Dupuy-de-Lôme high school, the stadium, the Grand Theater, the town hall, the Red Square (Town Hall Square), the major axis of the old floating basin, the Nayel center, the rehabilitated convention center, and finally the Jules-Ferry gardens […]. The coherence of this whole is to be put to the credit of Norbert Métairie, first as assistant to town planning, and then as mayor. A Cours à Norbert would not be undeserved for these thirty years of patient and coherent urban remodeling, a great work that will surely mark the history and morphological identity of Lorient in the long term ”.
Fabrice Loher, the new mayor, leans for a Brizeux alley.
Our survey
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