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Find out how the builders created light shows in the Basilica and why
Understand the link between the plan of the Basilica and the human body, between "freelance" (measuring tool) and the harmony of volumes
See the light effects and much more in the film "in the shade of the Light"
Halfway up the climb, the Visitor's House, an essential stopover
Decipher the timeless messages carved in stone

The Basilica of Vézelay unveiled

By La Maison du Visiteur
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Overview

“When the 12th century speaks to us in the 21st …”
This visit allows an architecture that is 900 years old to speak to our hearts today.
Everyone receives essential keys to fully appreciate Vézelay and its Basilica.
For our guides, it is about being smugglers from one bank to the other, from a world in front of us to the one we carry within. It invites wonder and an understanding of the intentions and building laws that underlie architecture.
By making the stones speak, it transmits living information and not only objective information or learned content reserved for initiates. In this perspective, he proposes to enter into knowledge in the primary sense of the verb to know, “to be born with”.

Activity location

  • La Maison du Visiteur
    • Place Adolphe Guillon,
    • 89450, Vezelay, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • La Maison du Visiteur
    • Place Adolphe Guillon,
    • 89450, Vezelay, France

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedThe roadmap for visiting the Basilica

Know before you book

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

La Maison du Visiteur
  • Admission ticket included
1) In the symbol room, take part in the discovery workshop: enter concretely into the know-how and vision of the building monks: discover the race of the sun and the play of light thanks to a 3-D model, the link between the plan of the Basilica and the human body, between “the rod” (measuring tool) and the harmony of the volumes, Learn to read a marquee: there are over 150 in the Basilica! 2) In the projection room, with the film “In the shade of the Light”, attend the famous plays of light which are only visible on certain days in the Basilica and contemplate closely the wonders of sculpture 3) either leave with our road map and visit the basilica otherwise, or - optional in the morning - do the accompanied journey in the basilica with our guide.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESLa Maison du Visiteur
    • Place Adolphe Guillon,
    • 89450, Vezelay, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLELa Maison du Visiteur
    • Place Adolphe Guillon,
    • 89450, Vezelay, France

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