 Vézelay - The Abbey of Vézelay: Encyclopedia - VézelayVézelay is a commune in the Yonne département in the Bourgogne région of France.
Vézelay - The Abbey of Vézelay.
In the 9th century, the Benedictine abbey of Vézelay was founded, as many abbeys were, on land that had been a late Roman villa, of Vercellus (Vercelle becoming Vézelay). The villa had passed into the hands of the Carolingians and devolved to a Carolingian count, Girart, of Rousillon. His two convents were looted and dispersed by Moorish raiding parties ...
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