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Discover yonne
Discover cities and towns to visit in the yonne department.
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Discover the town of vezelay
 Vézelay, high place of Christendom since the Middle Ages, very attended because of the worship of the relics of Marie-madeleine, becomes a point of rallying of the pilgrimage of saint Jacques de Compostelle (Spain). In 1146, Saint Bernard preaches the second crusade there. Philippe Auguste and Richard Lion Heart give themselves to it appointment for the 3rd crusade in 1190. In 1217, the first convent franciscain settles there at the place even where the second crusade was preached. Holy king Louis likes to come to collect itself in Vézelay.
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Mailly-la-ville
Located in Low Burgundy the commune of Mailly-la-ville extends between Yonne and the Cure. These two rivers worked, while arriving in the hard calcareous solid mass of the area of Vermenton, of the landscapes to the contrasted relief: abrupt cliffs, combes, sinuous valleys. This limestone is of interest unique in France because consisted a coral barrier where the fossils abound. The dryness generated by this permeable basement explains the presence of plants and animals which one meets usually more in the South. These richnesses are protected by the Natural Reserve from Wood from the Park. The human history is not remains about it with the famous caves of Arcy-on-Cure (habitats Neolithic, cave paintings…), the careers of sarcophagi mérovingiens, the murgers and them stone huts dry of the former vine growers, lost in old soils of vine.
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Discover tonnerre
To the traveller coming from the old duchy of Burgundy, it offers, on the side of a hill at the edge of Armançon, a charming landscape, tiled roofs staged around the churches, which can only encourage it to prolong its pleasure, while discovering, with the wire of the streets and the lanes, long and so rich history of this city. Tonnerre appears at the time Roman under the name of Tornodurum, but the city existed without any doubt before. The name even indicates a Celtic origin; the first part corresponds to a name of man and the second (durum) meant fortress; Tornodurum would be thus the citadel of Tornus. The city in fact a castrum, quoted was strengthened, on the hill of Montbellant.
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Discover the town of sens
Sens, Ville of art and carries northern from Burgundy is a strategic crossroads of first importance. Located at 110Km of Paris and 60 km of Auxerre, Sens owes its size with its history and the richness of its inheritance. The visitors will délecteront themselves of stroll flowered among the multiple gardens which account the city. The inheritance and art lovers will be also filled by visiting the many museums and the cathedral Saint Etienne, first Gothic cathedral of France.
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