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Auxerre Attractions

Auxerre (pop. 40,292), a busy commercial center and chief town of the département of Yonne, lies 150km/90mi north-west of Dijon on two hills rising above the left bank of the Yonne.

The old part of the town has preserved its old-world aspect, within its ring of boulevards with charming old houses in Rue de l'Horloge (clocktower of the late 15th century), Rue de Paris, Rue Joubert and Place Charles-Surugue. The oldest of Auxerre's three notable churches is the abbey church of St-Germain, which has a Carolingian crypt and ninth century frescoes around the tomb of St Germain. The church of St-Eusèbe has a beautiful Romanesque belfry with a 15th century octagonal spire.
Picture of Cathedral of St Etienne
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The cathedral contains a 65 m tower and a richly decorated interior with carved capitals and stained glass from the 13th C.
Musée Leblanc-Duvernoy
The Musée Leblanc-Duvernoy, housed in an 18th C mansion, displays furniture, china, Beauvais tapestries and pictures of the 17th-20th centuries.
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