Church of Notre-Dame, Villeneuve-sur-Yonne

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The church of Notre-Dame (église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption), dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, is a Roman Catholic church situated in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne in France (North of Burgundy). It depends from the Archdiocese of Sens-Auxerre. Its first stone was blessed by Pope Alexander III in 1163[1] at the same time of Notre Dame de Paris. The great Renaissance porch was built in 1575 from sketchings of Jean Chéreau,[2] born in Joigny.

The Church was registered in 1862 into Monuments historiques. It is a remarkable example of a Gothic church from the School of Champagne, or Île de France. Some of the stained glass windows are from the 13th century (north side)[3] and others from the 16th century (The Life of the Virgin, south side, 1st chapel). You can notice one of the first examples in a stained glass of a figure with spectacles. This window depicting the Last Judgement is due to Jean Cousin the Younger. The statue of the Virgin with a Bird (14th century)[4] is from a royal manufacturer (right side). A Madonna with the Child is a polychromatic statue from the 16th century (left side). Other interesting elements are paintings such as The Adoration of the Shepherds (around 1780) from François-Guillaume Ménageot,[5] an Immaculate Conception and a portrait of saint Louis worshipping the Crown of thorns.[6]

The organ (18th century) was restored in 1992.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Jean-Luc Dauphin, op. cit, p. 21
  2. ↑ Jean-Luc Dauphin, op. cit, p. 22
  3. ↑ Jean-Luc Dauphin, op. cit, p. 25
  4. ↑ Jean-Luc Dauphin, op. cit, p. 25
  5. ↑ Jean-Luc Dauphin, op. cit, p. 29
  6. ↑ Jean-Luc Dauphin, op. cit, p. 28

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Coordinates: 48°04′55″N 3°17′41″E / 48.0820°N 3.2948°E / 48.0820; 3.2948

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