Animation for the children in the Basilica of Avioth

Name: Animación para los niños a la Basílica de Avioth
Start: 2018-09-16T15:30:00+02:00
End: 2018-09-16T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Basilique Notre-Dame

Bare particular(special) of the Basilica and its surroundings for the youngest: a treasure hunt!

Domingo 16 septiembre 2018, 15:30Passed

Michel Laurent- La Lorraine gaumaise

Treasure hunt for the children from the Basilica and across the village. Take advantage of it to open big(great) the eyes and the ears, to discover legends as well as unsuspected heritage …
It will be a question, for the children from 5 to 12 years old to find answers to riddles, to read cultural explanation, to decipher indications to discover the treasure!
On Sunday, September 16th of 15 h 30 - 16 30.
During this weekend, take advantage of the whole programme of animations proposed in Avioth: European Heritage Days in Avioth

About the location

Basilique Notre-Dame

place de l'Abbé Delhotel, 55600 Avioth

Meuse
Grand Est

Appearing in the course of a small sinuous road across the campaign(countryside), the basilica of Avioth nicknamed "basilica of fields", the visitor is a surprise. This church of the XIIIth and XIVth centuries is remarkable for its external architecture: stone filigrees of the south and west portals(gates), fantastic gargoyles, mysterious sculptor and his(her,its) internal ornaments of time(period): stained-glass windows, furnitures of the chorus(choir), polychrome statues as well as the statue of the Virgin(Virgo) miraculous appearance of which was at the origin of the edification of the basilica and to that they attribute(award) since numerous miracles. Jewel of art Flamboyant Gothic, Recevresse, intended(designed) to receive the offertories of the pilgrims, is a quite unique monument. Place of pilgrimage mattering, in the past property of the Luxembourg, this building was considered for a long time as the most beautiful church of the Luxembourg.