Vézelay

E65701
commune of France pilgrimage site village

Vézelay is a historic hilltop village in central France renowned for its Romanesque Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine and its role as a medieval pilgrimage site on the route to Santiago de Compostela.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Vézelay canonical 8
Vézelay route 2
Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine in Vézelay 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ
village ⓘ
architecturalStyle Romanesque ⓘ
country France ⓘ
hasBasilicaDedication Mary Magdalene ⓘ
hasFeature fortified hilltop setting ⓘ
medieval urban fabric ⓘ
hasLandmark Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine ⓘ
hasNameInFrench Vézelay self-link ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificance Christianity ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
isStopOn Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France ⓘ
surface form: French routes of the Way of St. James

Via Lemovicensis ⓘ
knownFor Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine ⓘ
Romanesque architecture ⓘ
medieval pilgrimage ⓘ
locatedIn Bourgogne-Franche-Comté ⓘ
surface form: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region

Yonne department ⓘ
central France ⓘ
locatedNear Morvan Massif ⓘ
surface form: Morvan hills
locatedOn hilltop ⓘ
partOf Camino de Santiago ⓘ
surface form: Way of St. James

routes to Santiago de Compostela ⓘ
pilgrimageTradition Santiago de Compostela ⓘ
religiousOrderHistory Benedictines ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
UNESCOCriterion cultural ⓘ
UNESCOListing UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: World Heritage Site

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Theodore Beza → birthPlace → Vézelay ⓘ
Nièvre → containsReligiousSite → Vézelay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine in Vézelay
Nièvre → containsUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Vézelay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vézelay and its hill
Yonne department → contains → Vézelay ⓘ
Yonne department → containsHeritageSite → Vézelay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vézelay Abbey
Vézelay → hasNameInFrench → Vézelay self-link ⓘ
de Bèze → birthPlace → Vézelay ⓘ
subject surface form: Théodore de Bèze
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France → hasPart → Vézelay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vézelay route
Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene of Vézelay → locatedIn → Vézelay ⓘ
Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene of Vézelay → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName → Vézelay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vézelay, Church and Hill
Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene of Vézelay → partOf → Vézelay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hill of Vézelay
Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene of Vézelay → hasParish → Vézelay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parish of Vézelay
Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine → locatedIn → Vézelay ⓘ
Via Lemovicensis → terminus → Vézelay ⓘ
Via Lemovicensis → hasAlternativeName → Vézelay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vézelay route
arrondissement of Avallon → contains → Vézelay ⓘ