Vézelay, Church and Hill World Heritage Site

Official name

Vézelay, Church and Hill | UNESCO

Country

France | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

Department of Yonne, Bourgogne Region
47.4663° Lat, 3.7483° Lon | Map

Code

84

Time Zone

Europe/Paris (CET, +0100)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1979. 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.