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Must See

The perfectly proportioned
12th-century Gothic choir
of Vézelay abbey

The elegant
Romanesque interior
of the abbey church
Tour St-Antoine
was built at the
same time as the
choir, in the late
12th century.
The Choir of
Ste-Madeleine
Exquisitely was rebuilt in the
carved last quarter of the
capitals in 12th century in the
the nave Gothic style.

The chapterhouse
and cloister are all
that survive of the
12th-century
monastic buildings. GREAT VIEW
View of Vézelay
The Crypt of Ste-Madeleine Rising up from its
houses relics once thought prominent hilltop posi-
to be Mary Magdalene’s. tion, the abbey domi-
The Nave of nates the area, offering
Ste-Madeleine splendid views of the
was rebuilt red-rooves of Vézelay
between 1120
and 1135, using The spectacular village and the sur-
alternate dark hilltop abbey round ing countryside.
and light stone. church at Vézelay
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