Facts and Data
Webpages:
Official Unesco Page
La basilique de Vézelay vous accueille (only in French)
Vézelay Tourist Office
Vézelay (Tourist Agency of Burgundy)
Basis Data:
Unesco World heritage since: 1979
Size of heritage: 183 ha
- Buffer zone: 18,373 ha
Coordinates:
Longitude: 3,748°
Latitude: 47,466°
About
Shortly after its foundation in the 9th century, the Benedictine abbey of Vézelay acquired the relics of St Mary Magdalene and since then it has been an important place of pilgrimage. St Bernard preached the Second Crusade there in 1146 and Richard the Lion-Hearted and Philip II Augustus 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.
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Hotels and places to stay
Hôtel de la Poste et du Lion d Or
Hôtel La Renommée
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