FRANCE - YONNE - 89 - VEZELAY : THE UPPER VILLAGE AND THE BASILICA OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE. FAMOUS FOR ITS BASILICA (MASTERPIECE OF ROMAN ART) AND HIGH

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FRANCE - YONNE - 89 - VEZELAY : THE UPPER VILLAGE AND THE BASILICA OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE. FAMOUS FOR ITS BASILICA (MASTERPIECE OF ROMAN ART) AND HIGH PLACE OF CHRISTIANITY, THE SITE, PERCHED ON A HILL, WAS AN ESSENTIAL STEP FOR PILGRIMS ON THE WAY TO SAINT JACQUES DE COMPOSTELA. IT IS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE SINCE 1979. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI FOUNDED HERE THE FIRST FRANCISCAN MONASTERY OF FRANCE. THE ABBEY IS KNOWN THROUGHOUT EUROPE IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY TO HOUSE THE RELICS OF ST. MADELEINE.

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