If we want to better identify the Voie de Vézelay in relation to other French routes, if we want to try to better understand what gives it a particular personality, we must, it seems to us, become aware of its specificities. clean…
It benefits from a considerable historical heritage.
He comes from Vézelay, an eternal hill, with an exceptional reputation throughout Europe for the cult of Saint Leonard. This aura holds thanks to its hermitage, then its tomb of Saint-Léonard de Noblat, and to the religious, cultural and artistic prestige of the Saint-Martial de Limoges abbey.
Without forgetting unique sites such as the cathedrals of Bourges, Nevers and Périgueux, abbeys as famous as those of La Charité-sur-Loire, Déols, Chancelade, Saint-Ferme, La Réole, Saint-Sever.
In December 1998, the Way of Vézelay obtained the classification in the World Heritage of Unesco, under the Ways of Santiago de Compostela in France.
In the regions, on the main route of the Vézelay route:
Burgundy
Berry
Limousin
Aquitaine
On an old secondary road (additional classification in 1999):
Aquitaine
A few words about the most remarkable buildings along the route. Apart from the buildings, other places deserve your stop, for one reason or another…
Abbey of Sainte-Madeleine de Vézelay
Church of Sainte-Croix-Notre-Dame of La-Charité-sur-Loire
Some documents on the heritage of the Voie de Vézelay are visible in the “Heritage” section of this site or by clicking HERE
