Tourist guide - Office de Tourisme de Villeneuve-sur-Yonne

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Church Notre Dame de l’Assomption Organ of Notre Dame The organ of Notre Dame was built in 1737 by Marcellin Tribuot. Although the organ was classified as a historic monument in 1973, it was non-functional at that time. In 1995 Gaston Kern restored it to its original state. The organ has 30 stops, 18 of which have their original pipes, 3 manuals of 54 keys and 28 pedal notes. The stops, whose names are conducive to reverie, fill the Church of Our Lady with a flawless harmonic richness. You will see behind the three portals of an unfinished Renaissance facade designed by Jean Chereau, one of the most magnificent gothic buildings of the Yonne area. Notre-Dame de l’Assomption was built in the first half of the l3th century and completed with added chapels during the 14th and l5th centuries. Inside Notre-Dame Church (daily access through the entrance on rue Pierret). The nave, a fine example of ogival design, has no transept and is 213 ft long, 3O ft wide and 66 ft high. The side chapels were built over the course of three centuries (13th to 16th centuries). Great care and attention were given to the construction as every architect respectfully followed the original style created by the first master builders. Visitors will be charmed by the various ornamental elements bearing witness to different periods of French history. In the right aisle of the church, you will see a 16th century stainedglass window featuring episodes of the Virgin Mary’s life, and also a «Virgin Mary holding a Bird» dating from the 14th century. The Chapel of Saint Nicholas, patron saint of bargemen has a stained-glass window dating from the l6th century and mural paintings from the I7th century telling the story of the saintly bishop’s life. In the centre of the chancel, there is a splendid 16th century stained-glass window of the “Tree of Jesse”. The church also has a noteworthy l4th century statue of the Ecce Homo and a realistic l4th century wooden Christ. stained glass
Bonneville Tower The 13th Century Tower This massive 7O ft stone tower was the keep of the former royal castle. Sometimes mistakenly called «Tower of Louis the Fat» after Louis VI (1081 – 1137), it actually dates back to the very beginning of the l3th century and was built for King Philippe Auguste. It stands high on a truncated glacis, l2 ft thick walls opened sparingly here and there, its immense ranged multi-coloured stone blocks adding to the tower’s medieval charm. You can still make out the brace marks for the scaffolding used during its construction. Thanks to two drawbridges, this impregnable keep once opened both inside, as well as outside the surrounding walls. Its inner ogival vaults collapsed at the end of the 18th century. The Towers of Villeneuve-sur-Yonne Ivy Tower Rousson Tower
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