Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Vézelay, France

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 1.2 km
Ascend 114 m
Descend 72 m

Explore Vézelay in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Sight 1: Chapelle de la Cordelle

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La Cordelle Chapel is a church in Vézelay, France.

Wikipedia: Chapelle de la Cordelle (FR)

650 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Vézelay Abbey

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Vézelay Abbey is a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery in Vézelay in the east-central French department of Yonne. It was constructed between 1120 and 1150. The Benedictine abbey church, now the Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, with its complex program of imagery in sculpted capitals and portals, is one of the great masterpieces of Burgundian Romanesque art and architecture. Sacked by the Huguenots in 1569, the building suffered neglect in the 17th and the 18th centuries and some further damage during the period of the French Revolution.

Wikipedia: Vézelay Abbey (EN), Website

287 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Manoir Desfourneaux

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The Manoir Desfourneaux is located in the commune of Vézelay, in the Yonne department in France.

Wikipedia: Manoir Desfourneaux (FR)

252 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Musée Zervos

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Musée Zervos

The Zervos Museum - Maison Romain-Rolland is a museum of modern art (1925-1965) located in Vézelay.

Wikipedia: Musée Zervos (FR), Website

58 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Église Saint-Étienne (ancienne)

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The Church of Saint-Étienne de Vézelay is a church located in Vézelay, France.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Étienne de Vézelay (FR)

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