Burgundy / Bourgogne
A collection of photos taken over the years. They all just have in common, that they were taken in Burgundy. Some were taken, on my way to Vezelay (2005) and following the Via Lemovicensis (2006).
And yes, when I visited places a second or third time - I continued taking photos, so some of them may look like twins.
And yes, when I visited places a second or third time - I continued taking photos, so some of them may look like twins.
Tonnerre
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...the Fosse Dionne is for sure one of the nicest wash-houses in the whole of France. Actually there is a mythic secret. Deep inside lives a gaelic godess, who from time to time...
Tonnerre
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..inside the Hôtel-Dieu de Tonnerre. - This was built as a hospital for the pilgrims heading to Vezelay
and from there on to Santiago between 1293 and 1296. The building was financed by Marguerite de Bourgogne. It covers 4500 m² and is one of the largest and oldest of such "hospitals" in France.
Tonnerre
Pontigny
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....the Abbaye de Pontigny shows a different style, as Cistercians, lead by Bernard of Clairvaux, did not like any luxury. Every thing had to be simple and utilitarian, as any kind of ornamentation would distract the monks....
Sens
Auxerre
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...the "Cathédrale Saint-Étienne" has a very old crypt, dating back to the 6th century...
Molosmes
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Weather had improved. In Molosmes, the church was crumbling. Once this church was part of the Benedictine Abbaye Notre-Dame de Molosmes
Chablis
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..best weather, walking through the vineyards. The town of Chablis can already be seen, so all around me is probably "Chablis 1er Cru".
Chablis
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...of the entrance doors of the church in Chablis. For centuries riders have nailed old horseshoes onto it. Maybe they had drunken too much of the white wine, produced here..........
Vezelay
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...after about four weeks, I finally could see the the basilica Sainte-Marie-Madeleine of Vezelay on the next hill. A view that probably not changed much since more than 800 years....
Vezelay
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.....walking up I past the place, where Bernard of Clairvaux had preached the Second Cruisade in 1146...
Vezelay
Vezelay
Vezelay
Vezelay
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...the old door handle showed an iron lion. Maybe the lion was from
Zion and Bob Marley had been here as well, finding this icon of the
Ras Tafari, the iron lion of Zion....
Remember that? Listen!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYrcQYMR2K8
Vezelay
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..had waited on the main road, but I took a steep shortcut and so
reached the basilica first....
Vezelay - Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
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The central tympanum over the entrance of the Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine leading from the narthex to the nave has three archivolts.
The middle archivolt is composed out of 29 round medailons. Here is one of these medailons, depincting a mermaid with very long hair.
Vezelay - Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
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The central tympanum over the entrance of the Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine leading from the narthex to the nave has three archivolts.
The middle archivolt is composed out of 29 round medailons. Here is one of these medailons, depicting a very strange chimare out of a cow or bull - and a fishtail. I have seen mermaids and mermen so far - but this is the first mercow.
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