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Photos of Vézelay Abbey

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This gallery of 155 photos accompanies our article on Vézelay Abbey. Click any image to enlarge or start at the beginning for a virtual tour.

  • Floor Plan
  • Aerial View
  • View from Afar
  • West Front from Afar
  • West Front from Afar
  • West Front from Afar
  • View from Afar
  • V
  • V
  • V
  • West Front
  • West Facade
  • West Facade
  • West Facade
  • West Facade Detail
  • West Facade Detail
  • South Exterior
  • South Exterior
  • South Exterior
  • South Exterior
  • South Exterior
  • North Door Tympanum
  • Corbel Heads
  • Corbel Heads
  • Cloister
  • Gothic Chevet
  • Gothic Chevet
  • Southeast Exterior
  • Narthex with Central Portal
  • Narthex Vault
  • Narthex with Central Portal
  • Narthex Portals
  • Narthex with Central Portal
  • Central Portal
  • Teaching in the Porch
  • Narthex Panorama
  • Central Tympanum: Mission of the Apostles
  • Central Tympanum: Mission of the Apostles
  • Central Tympanum: Mission of the Apostles
  • Central Tympanum: Christ
  • Central Tympanum: Apostles
  • Central Tympanum: Apostles
  • Central Tympanum: Saint Peter
  • Central Tympanum: Apostles
  • Central Portal Lintel: Archers
  • Central Tympanum Lintel: Pygmies
  • Central Portal Lintel: Offerings
  • Central Portal Lintel: Sacrifice
  • Central Tympanum Lintel: Big-Eared Folk
  • Central Tympanum Lintel: Big-Eared Folk
  • Central Portal: Peter and Paul
  • Angel in Flight
  • Central Tympanum Archivolt: Cappadocians
  • Central Tympanum Archivolt: Ethiopians
  • Central Tympanum Archivolt: Arabs and Dog-Headed Folk
  • Central Tympanum Archivolt: Byzantines
  • Central Tympanum Archivolt: Jews
  • Central Tympanum Archivolt
  • Central Portal Archivolt: January and Aquarius
  • Central Portal Archivolt: February
  • Central Portal Archivolt: February and Pisces
  • Central Portal Archivolt: Pisces and March
  • Central Portal Archivolt: March
  • Central Portal Archivolt: March
  • Central Portal Archivolt: April-May
  • Central Tympanum Archivolt: May-June
  • Central Portal Archivolt: May
  • Central Portal Archivolt: Cancer
  • Central Portal Archivolt: Acrobat
  • Central Portal Archivolt: Mermaid
  • Central Portal Archivolt: Leo
  • Central Portal Archivolt: July
  • Central Portal Archivolt: Virgo
  • Central Portal Archivolt: August
  • Central Portal Archivolt: September
  • Trumeau Inscription
  • Trumeau Inscription
  • Portal Capitals
  • South Tympanum: Birth of Christ
  • South Tympanum: Adoration of the Magi
  • South Tympanum: Adoration of the Magi
  • South Tympanum: Annunciation and Visitation
  • South Tympanum: Annunciation
  • South Tympanum: Nativity with Shepherds
  • North Tympanum
  • North Tympanum
  • North Tympanum
  • Central Portal
  • Path of Light
  • Nave Looking East
  • Nave Looking Northeast
  • Nave Looking West
  • Nave Looking West
  • Nave Vault
  • Nave Vault with Striped Arches
  • Nave Vault with Striped Arches
  • North Aisle Looking East
  • South Aisle Visitors
  • Capital: The Mystic Mill
  • Capital: The Mystic Mill
  • Capital: The Mystic Mill
  • Capital: David and Goliath
  • Capital: David and Goliath
  • Capital: David and Goliath
  • Capital: Noah and the Ark
  • Capital: Elephants
  • Capital: Elephants
  • Capital: Samson and the Lion
  • Capital: Four Winds
  • Capital: Four Winds
  • Capital: Death of Dives
  • Capital: Death of Dives
  • Capital: Death of Lazarus
  • Capital: Death of Lazarus
  • Capital: Lazarus in Abraham's Bosom
  • Capital: Moses and the Golden Calf
  • Capital: Sacrificial Lamb
  • Capital: Golden Calf
  • Capital: Demon
  • Capital: Daniel in the Lions' Den
  • Capital: Daniel in the Lions' Den
  • Capital: Daniel in the Lions' Den
  • Capital: Daniel in the Lions' Den
  • Capital: Daniel in the Lions' Den
  • Capital: Hunting
  • Capital: Hunting
  • Capital: Justice or Libra
  • Capital: Justice or Libra
  • Capital: Observer
  • Capital: Jacob Wrestling an Angel
  • Capital: Temptation of St. Benedict
  • Chapel of St. Theresa
  • Gothic Choir
  • Midday Service
  • Bearded Monk
  • Gothic to Romanesque
  • Choir Vault
  • North Ambulatory
  • Sparrow in the Choir
  • Chapels
  • South Ambulatory
  • Cloister
  • Cloister
  • Crypt
  • Crypt
  • Relics of St. Mary Magdalen
  • Priests
  • Burgundian Landscape
  • View of Saint-Pere-sous-Vezelay
  • View from Vezelay
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