Visited the beautiful village of Vezelay where there is a 12th century Benedictine Abbey. This site on top of the hill was a major point of departure In the Middle Ages for those making a pilgrimmage to the Cathedral of Santiago Compostela in Spain. Here, Bernard of Clairvaux preached the Second Crusade in 1146.
The church is mostly Romanesque (pre-gothic) in design and beautiful in its simplicity.
The stone carving is magnificent:
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