Let’s follow the TOURNUS 1h15 triangle ! 2 The Porter’s tower 14 Rue Désiré Mathivet This other tower belonging to the abbey gave access to the enclave from the All along this street, you can see evidence of mediaeval booths. The merchants town. They were...
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Let’s follow the TOURNUS 1h15 triangle ! 2 The Porter’s tower 14 Rue Désiré Mathivet This other tower belonging to the abbey gave access to the enclave from the All along this street, you can see evidence of mediaeval booths. The merchants town. They were two separate entities and you couldn’t go into the abbey as lifted the shutters off their windows every morning and laid them on the stone Pedestrian Way «On the steps of Gerlannus» you do today: the monks lived in isolation and had little to do with the town. which was sticking out, thus making their counters.The Church of Saint Made- leine (12th century) attracts attention with its beautiful Romanesque porch, on the 3 The Church of Saint Valérien A B C D E F facade, whose stones were not all new ones. On it the coat of arms of Tournus (a fortified gateway) is visible. Once inside, the transept and choir unite to form C ave des Vignerons This Romanesque Church has by turns been part of a Benedictine convent and a perfectly harmonious
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