Riquewihr: special wine village in Alsace ****

Conques is built on a steep slope of a valley jessie and the toyboys of the river Le Dourdou, a tributary of the Lot. As a stage instead of the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela was the village in the second part of the Middle Ages important. Due to its location, the beautiful church, half-timbered houses and pleasant atmosphere Conques will give five stars. The great abbey church Foy dominates the view of the village. Conques is in the area of the mountains of Auvergne and the south. If you come from the north, you still feel the freshness of the mountains of Cantal but also the promise of the warm south. So it must feel that was started as a pilgrim route to Santiago from Vezelay. Like any major stage place on this pilgrimage is Conques itself a goal of pilgrims. The abbey church jessie and the toyboys possessed the relics of Saint Foy, a girl in the fourth century was martyred by the Romans in Agen and killed because they did not deny her faith. A young girl was killed for her belief that the medieval people had a tremendous appeal and thus Conques jessie and the toyboys had a great religious status. Make plans And like all relics of Saint Foy who have a beautiful story of how they have ended up. Conques The remains of the saint girl after her death were managed by a Monastery at Agen, the city where she died. For a reason not to find out there was in the monastery jessie and the toyboys of Conques a huge cult around her person. And thus the desire to possess. Relics But that was not just, there was a plan. The interior of the Abbey Church in Conques The plan was to send out to the abbey in Agen, to win the local priest and then take to Conques. Valuables with this confidence, a monk And so it went, a monk went to Agen managed to acquire after which he brought the relics stable and Conques there after ten years of dedication, the function jessie and the toyboys of relic administrator. Apparently jessie and the toyboys the saint here very happy with it, because just arrived in Conques doubled the number of wonders and miracles around the remains of her. Unique treasure To maintain the important ecclesiastical position and further expand the abbey was of course the pilgrims something to both. In addition jessie and the toyboys to a beautiful church and abbey church are treasures of Conques the finest in Western Europe that have been preserved. By the actions of the people Both during the religious wars and during the French Revolution, the inhabitants of the relics and their hidden treasures so they still exist today. This can be found in the treasure of Conques a unique view of medieval craftsmanship. The highlight of the collection is a golden statue of Saint Foy (Fides) of which an image was in the Middle Ages at the University handbook. Unfortunately, the treasury was closed when we visited in early May Conques on a Thursday afternoon. So we have to come back and that is not very much. Fortunately tympanum was that afternoon in May, the church itself open. We even got some real pilgrims including staff. The highlight of the church is undoubtedly the sculpture above the main entrance that represents the final judgment. jessie and the toyboys The tympanum is a wonderful example of Romanesque jessie and the toyboys religious art cool and is at the same level as that of Vézelay and Autun. Please take the time to give it a viewing. If you look closely, you discover that the figures are made extraordinarily beautiful and many of them have a huge expression on their face. It is without a doubt made by someone who knew his job very well. The tympanum above the main entrance is a very sound and allows jessie and the toyboys for the final judgment. Because Conques in a reasonable steep slope was built, the streets are actually a type of terraces. This gives a nice effect because when you have a higher street walking on the roof of the building overlooks a street bearing. Also at the church. If you approach the church from the parking place you look on the "first floor" of the choir.
During our visit we drank coffee jessie and the toyboys expanded jessie and the toyboys in a tent next to the church. A fine restaurant with a good map. Then we had a nice walk and enjoyed the view. Celebrations and parties we had in May Conques and then it was very quiet in the village. That is quite different in the summer. In July and August there is a festival of classical music. In October, the real party and there is a progression in the streets of the village. Les plus beaux villages de France in a larger map
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Riquewihr: special wine village in Alsace ****
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