With its sculpted capitals and portal, the Madeleine of Vézelay – a 12th-century monastic church – is a masterpiece of Burgundian Romanesque art and architecture.
- France 1946. Vezelay.
Vézelay, Church and Hill
(1979)
France
| Shortly after its foundation in the 9th century, the Benedictine abbey of Vézelay
acquired the relics of St Mary Magdalene and since then it has been an important
place of pilgrimage. St Bernard preached the Second Crusade there in 1146 and
Richard the Lion-Hearted and Philip II Augustus met there to leave for the Third
Crusade in 1190.
With its sculpted capitals and portal, the Madeleine of Vézelay – a 12th-century monastic church – is a masterpiece of Burgundian Romanesque art and architecture.
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Sources and links:
Other World Heritage Sites in France (on this site). Please refer to the UNESCO-listing, section France for further information on the individual properties.
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