Vézelay

Vézelay

Aug 14, 2009 | Limoges Road

The church of Vézelay is known and shining unto the ends of the earth and eminent all over the world Hugues de Poitiers   Video: The Pilgrimage Road at Vézelay An Artsymbol Production Music by Martin A Smith Duration 1:35   On a lonely hilltop in Burgundy stands...
The Alyscans Necropolis of Arles

The Alyscans Necropolis of Arles

Mar 6, 2009 | Toulouse Road

In no cemetery anywhere, except in this one, can one find so many and so large marble tombs set upon the ground The Book of Saint James Video: The Necropolis of the Alyscans at Arles An Original Artsymbol Production Music by Martin A Smith Duration 1:47 ​ The Alyscans...
Chansons de Geste

Chansons de Geste

Jul 12, 2015 | Mythology

  Video: Roland Lintel Saint-Pierre Angoulême An Artsymbol Production Music by Martin A Smith Duration 3:24 At the same time that the culture of pilgrimage was growing another, vernacular tradition developed. This was the oral storytelling known as the Chansons...
Vézelay and the Relics of Mary Magdalene

Vézelay and the Relics of Mary Magdalene

Aug 17, 2009 | Limoges Road

How the relics of blessed Mary Magdalene came to the French town of Vézelay ought to be commented on briefly Possession of the relics of Mary Magdalene enabled the abbey of Vézelay in Burgundy to become one of the most important pilgrimage centres in the whole of...