France, Meurthe et Moselle, Saintois region, Sion Vaudemont hill, Saxon Sion, Notre Dame de Sion basilica, high place of devotion to the Virgin Mary of the dukedom of Lorraine, doorway of the belfry tower built between 1858 and 1869 by architects Francois Lamorre then Leon Vautrin and tympanum representing Notre dame de Sion seated with saint Gerard, Charles the fourth duke of Lorraine, archbishop Foulon bishop of Nancy and Toul and father Michaux priest of Saxon Sion

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Location: Saxon-Sion
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