Vézelay, France
Vézelay Abbey
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.
- City
- Vézelay
- Country
- France
- Category
- Religious
- Suggested visit
- About 45 minutes
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