Church of Notre-Dame, Medieval Gothic church in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, France.
The main nave rises 22 meters high and extends 71 meters in length, featuring 41 windows that illuminate the interior of the building.
Pope Alexander III laid the first stone of the church in 1163, the same year as Notre-Dame de Paris, marking the beginning of a construction that lasted several centuries.
The 13th-century stained glass windows on the north side show Christ and his disciples, while the 16th-century ones on the south side illustrate the life of Virgin Mary.
The main organ, restored in 1992, hosts concerts during summer months and contains 27 stops distributed across multiple keyboards.
One of the windows contains one of the earliest European depictions of a person wearing spectacles, within a Last Judgment scene.
Location: Villeneuve-sur-Yonne
GPS coordinates: 48.08200,3.29481
Latest update: June 23, 2025 11:06
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