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The Basilica is visible from all sides. There are many walks you can take here.

This small sacred monument, which the hiker encounters here at a crossroads on the historic Way of St. James, is in need of renovation, as the body of the crucified Christ is unfortunately damaged. The stone base from which the cross extends is covered with some stones that were obviously left there. This custom comes from the well-known "Crux de ferro" on the "Camino Frances" in northern Spain. According to tradition, the pilgrims also lay aside their worries and troubles with the stones that they carry there, sometimes over many days and weeks.

The view of Vezelay from afar is very nice.

Small resting place in the fields

The Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine has been listed as UNESCO since 1979. It is one of the starting points of the Santiago de Compostela trail. It is here that Saint Bernard preached the second crusade. It is a high place of Christianity.

Vezelay is a beautiful little town and contains the famous Vézelay Abbey which is a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery. It was constructed between 1120 and 1150. Unfortunately during my visit the abbey was undergoing extensive renovation.

The thousand-year history of the place began in the year 858/859 with the establishment of a Benedictine abbey by Gerhard (Girard) II, Count of Vienne, in a valley below the present-day town (today Saint-Père sous Vézelay). The monastery, initially a women's monastery, was built according to the founding charter in honor of Christ and the Virgin Mary, and the apostles Peter and Paul were also added as patron saints in early times. Equipped with royal and papal privileges and given relics of Saints Pontianus and Andeolus by Pope Nicholas I, it was converted into a male monastery in the following years. Under the direction of Abbot Odo (Eudes), who had come from Autun, it was surrounded by a wall and, after being plundered by the Normans (887), relocated to the neighboring hill, today's location, for better defense.

High place of Christianity, where Saint-Bernard preached the 2nd crusade on March 31, 1146 in front of a considerable public made of sovereigns and knights. 'So many went to war that there was only one man left for 7 women' (happy man?)