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16 and 17 September 2023Passed
Conditions
Free entry
September 2023
Saturday 16
15:00 - 17:00
Sunday 17
15:00 - 17:00

Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Garde

Place des Combattants 91310 Longpont-sur-Orge
  • Essonne
  • Île-de-France

Guided tour of the basilica

United by a history and a common identity, the European Cluniac Sites are mobilizing today to register this cultural heritage as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
16 and 17 September 2023Passed
Conditions
Free entry
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United by a common history and identity, the European Cluniac Sites are now mobilizing to make this cultural heritage a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Longpont, like Cluny, nearly 80 sites in 7 European countries have committed to the European Federation of Cluny sites to integrate the approach.
The nomination is a starting point, it remains to write the application file.
In this context come and discover (rediscover) our local wonder!
The visit allows to trace the great periodes of this monument, from its construction to its partial destruction, the end of the priory, the departure of the monks, and reconstruction of the church. But also admire the paintings of the choir, the reliquary (the most important in France), the organ and the portal (whose restoration has just been completed).

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About the location

Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Garde
Place des Combattants 91310 Longpont-sur-Orge
  • Essonne
  • Île-de-France
Romanesque church of the Clunisian priory of Longpont, place of pilgrimage since the Middle Ages. Mural painting early twentieth century. Very rich reliquary, exceptionally visible. From the priory Notre-Dame itself, only the old priory church has reached us. Built in the 11th-12th centuries, its lower parts are Romanesque and its vaults are original. His reliquary is the second in France, after that of Toulouse, and first by the number of his relics. The site of Longpont-sur-Orge has the characteristic of having preserved a whole environment witness to the role played by the Clunisian monks in medieval society. Thus, the tithes barn, built in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. and enlarged in the eighteenth century, forms a quadrilateral of 40 m by 20 m with two sides, a nave and twelve pillars. The 18th century priory farm adjoins this barn. The hamlet, built around the priory complex, is also preserved, with its five narrow streets converging towards the basilica. Greenery, old
Tags
Édifice religieux, Monument historique
Access
Gare RER C Saint-Michel-sur-Orge or Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Bus DM 17, 11, 12 N20