Joncels - Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens

The rain had finally eased, when I reached the small village of Joncels. What is the central square today was once the cloister of the benedictian abbey Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, founded already within the 7th century, severely damaged during the Wars of Religion, sold and dismanteled after the French Revolution. Unfortunately the still existing church was locked. An old sign nearby told me, that the distance to Paris was - 753 kms.