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17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
Free and free admission.
September 2022
Saturday 17
09:00 - 19:00
Sunday 18
09:00 - 19:00

Basilique Notre-Dame

Place de l'Abbé Delhotel, 55600 Avioth
  • Meuse
  • Grand Est

Free visit of the Basilica of Our Lady of Avioth

Discover freely the "Basilica of the fields"
17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
Free and free admission.
©Anim'Avioth
Types d'événement
Visite libre
Thème 2022
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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.
Tags
Édifice religieux, Monument historique
©Michel Laurent - La Lorraine gaumaise