Conference

Name: Conference
Start: 2018-09-15T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2018-09-15T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Basilique Notre-Dame

Conference in the basilica of Avioth of the abbot Rozet on the architecture of the Basilica and of Recevresse.

Saturday 15 September 2018, 15:00Passed

Michel Laurent - La Lorraine gaumaise

The abbot Yves Rozet, priest of the Diocese of Verdun and author of publications on history(story) and understanding of the site of the basilica Notre-Dame of Avioth, will evoke the theme of the architecture of buildings.
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.