Via Turonensis
Trogir - Cathedral of St. Lawrence
Trogir - Cathedral of St. Lawrence
Castel Ritaldi - San Gregorio
Spoleto - Duomo di Spoleto
Modena - Duomo di Modena
Tauriac - Saint-Etienne
Benet - Sainte-Eulalie
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
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Milan - Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
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Murbach - Abbaye de Murbach
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Monreale - Duomo di Monreale
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Ventimiglia - Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Avignon - Palais des Papes
Cahors - Cathédrale Saint-Étienne
Chauvigny - Saint Pierre
Trani - Cattedrale di San Nicola Pellegrino
Manfredonia - Abbazia di San Leonardo in Lama Vola…
Troia - Concattedrale di Troia
Calviá - San Juan Bautista
Lindau - Peterskirche
Kraków - Muzeum Archeologiczne
Parma - Duomo
Benevento - Santa Sofia
Bari - Basilica di San Nicola
Conversano - Cattedrale di Conversano
Palermo - Cappella Palatina
L'Aquila - Santa Maria Paganica
Ripoll - Monastery of Santa Maria
Solsona - Catedral de Santa María
Valladolid - Colegio de San Gregorio
Kilpeck - St Mary and St David's Church
Ilkley - All Saints
Tholbath - St. Leonhard
Tholbath - St. Leonhard
Saint-Restitut - Saint-Restitut
Saint-Restitut - Saint-Restitut
Verona - Basilica di San Zeno
Verona - Basilica di San Zeno
Verona - Basilica di San Zeno
Verona - Duomo di Verona
Venezia - Basilica di San Marco
Lucca - Duomo di Lucca
Pisa - Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Pisa - Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Pisa - Baptistry
Jaca - Catedral de San Pedro
Burgos - Cathedral
Sorde-l'Abbaye - Abbaye Saint-Jean
Sorde-l'Abbaye - Abbaye Saint-Jean
Agüero - Iglesia de Santiago
Lusignan - Notre-Dame et Saint-Junien
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Matha - Saint-Pierre de Marestay
Matha - Saint-Hérie
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Rétaud - Saint-Trojan
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Conques - Sainte-Foy
Conques is a popular stop for all pilgrims traveling the Via Podiensis. This is a treat after having crossed the harsh Aubrac. I had started in Geneva in 2008 and I still remember my feelings, when I reached Conques after some weeks.
A tiny convent existed here already in the 8th century. This grew into a very successful monastery, after the relics of St. Foy arrived in Conques through theft in 866. The relics were stolen by a monk from Conques, who had posed as a loyal monk in Agen for years.
The arrival of the relics of St. Foy caused the pilgrimage route to shift to Conques. As the existing church was too small for all the pilgrims, a new, much larger church had to be constructed. It was completed by the end of the 11th century. As a large pilgrim´s church it had an ambulatory with five radiating chapels. A century later galleries were added over the aisle and the roof was raised over the transept and choir to allow people to circulate at the gallery level. This can still be done for an hour in the evening and is - absolutely breathtaking!
The "main attraction" is probably the tympanum. The "Last Judgement" was carved around 1130 - and tells many stories. Here are tortures of hell. The right devil may be a (winged?) hare and the poor soul being roasted may be a hunter.
A tiny convent existed here already in the 8th century. This grew into a very successful monastery, after the relics of St. Foy arrived in Conques through theft in 866. The relics were stolen by a monk from Conques, who had posed as a loyal monk in Agen for years.
The arrival of the relics of St. Foy caused the pilgrimage route to shift to Conques. As the existing church was too small for all the pilgrims, a new, much larger church had to be constructed. It was completed by the end of the 11th century. As a large pilgrim´s church it had an ambulatory with five radiating chapels. A century later galleries were added over the aisle and the roof was raised over the transept and choir to allow people to circulate at the gallery level. This can still be done for an hour in the evening and is - absolutely breathtaking!
The "main attraction" is probably the tympanum. The "Last Judgement" was carved around 1130 - and tells many stories. Here are tortures of hell. The right devil may be a (winged?) hare and the poor soul being roasted may be a hunter.
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