European Heritage Days in Avioth

Name: European Heritage Days in Avioth
Start: 2018-09-15T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2018-09-16T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Basilique Notre-Dame

Visit free of the Basilica Notre-Dame of Avioth

15 and 16 September 2018Passed

OT Montmédy

The basilica Notre-Dame of Avioth will be open to visit free Saturday, 15 and Sunday, September 16th from 9 h till 18 h. The exhibition(exposure) of the 40th birthday(anniversary) of the «House of Division(Sharing) of Avioth» is presented in the Basilica.
During these European Heritage Days in the Basilica, take advantage of different animations and discoveries proposed in Avioth:
Saturday, September 15th

10h-18h: Collective Painting(Cloth) «heritage in the Country of Montmédy» to the Office(Desk) of Tourist Information
11h-12h: Guided discovery by some unpublished places in the Basilica
14h-15h30: Discovery of the House of Division(Sharing) and of the kitchen garden there permaculture
15h-17h: Conference presented by the abbot Rozet to the Basilica
16h-20h: Marche(Walking) shared from Thonne-la-Long to Avioth, with guided tour of both churches
19h-21h: Apéritif-quiz «The Country of Montmédy?», in front of the City council
20h-22h: Shared meal «in the shared student house(potluck meal)», in front of the City council
Sunday, September 16th*
10h-18h: exhibition(exposure) «heritage in the Country of Montmédy» to the Office(Desk) of Tourist Information
11h-12h and 14h-15h: Guided discovery by some unpublished places in the Basilica
15h30-16h30: "Treasure hunt" for the youngest in the Basilica
17h-18h: Guided discovery by some unpublished places in the Basilica
You are the welcome!

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.