6 Sights in Autun, France (with Map and Images)

The Cathedral of Saint Lazarus of Autun, commonly known as Autun Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Autun and a national monument of France. Famous for its Cluniac inspiration and its Romanesque sculptures by Gislebertus, it is a highlight of Romanesque art in Burgundy. It is the seat of the Bishop of Autun. The Bishop of Autun set forth the construction of St. Lazarus Cathedral as a result of the large movement of pilgrims travelling to Vezelay as they progressed on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela.

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The Abbey of Saint-Jean-le-Grand is a former Benedictine nunnery, in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, France, possibly founded by Queen Brunhilda and Bishop Syagrius of Autun. According to Gregory of Tours, it already existed in 589.

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The Ursuline Tower, formerly the Prisoners' Tower or François I Tower, is a keep erected in the twelfth century in Autun, in the French department of Saône-et-Loire. Its function was to protect the old Château Riveau or Rivault. It is the main vestige of this castle dismantled around 1600, whose name derives from the Latin rivus. This name was also borne by the former lords, and was then kept in the name of the Quartier Rivault.

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The Roman theatre of Autun is a monument of spectacles built in the second half of the first century in Augustodunum, a city founded shortly before the beginning of our era and one of the few in northern Gaul to have an enclosure from the High Empire; this city later became Autun.

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The Sainte-Lazare fountain is a fountain built by Jean Goujon in 1543 located in Autun, France. It has been classified as a historical monument since the 1862 list and is located right next to the homonymous cathedral. At its top, a sculpture of a pelican disemboweling itself to feed its young represents the Eucharist.

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The Camp de la Justice alignment, or Field of Justice, is a megalithic site located in Autun in the former commune of Saint-Pantaléon in the French department of Saône-et-Loire. The site has several menhirs but the existence of a megalithic alignment is not certain.

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