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Encyclopedia > Vezelay

Vézelay is a commune in the Yonne département in the Burgundy region of France.


The Benedictine abbey of Vézelay was founded in the 9th century.


Shortly thereafter, it acquired the relics of Mary Magdalene and since then it has been an important place of pilgrimage.


Saint Bernard of Clairvaux preached there in favor of a second crusade at Easter 1146, in front of King Louis VII.


Richard I of England and Philip II of France 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.


Vézelay, Church and Hill were added to the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1979.


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Vezelay - LoveToKnow 1911 (749 words)
A mile and a half from Vezelay, in the village of St Pere-sous-Vezelay, there is a remarkable Burgundian Gothic church, built by the monks of Vezelay in the 13th century.
The history of Vezelay is bound up with its Benedictine abbey, which was founded in the 9th century under the influence of the abbey of Cluny.
During the 12th century Vezelay was the scene of the preaching of the second crusade in 1146, and of the assumption of the cross in 1190 by Richard Coeur de Lion and Philip Augustus.
Vezelay Travel Guides, Vezelay France Tourism and Vacation Planning - SideStep (214 words)
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