Discover the Basilica of Avioth on a guided tour

Name: Discover the Basilica of Avioth on a guided tour
Start: 2021-09-18T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2021-09-19T15:30:00+02:00
Location: Basilique Notre-Dame

Accompanied by a guide, discover the Basilica of Our Lady of Avioth, nicknamed «the Basilica of the fields», as well as some new places. The basilica is also open for open visits.

18 and 19 September 2021Passed

Conditions

Free. Free admission. Guided tour departures are at 11am on Saturday and 14h30 on Saturday and Sunday. Self-guided tours can take place from 9am to 6pm on Saturday and Sunday.

©La Lorraine gaumaise - Michel Laurent

Accompanied by a guide, discover the Basilica of Our Lady of Avioth, nicknamed «the Basilica of the fields», as well as some new places. The basilica is also open for open visits.

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.