Paray-le-Monial - Notre-Dame

A massive steeple draws attention to the church of Notre-Dame in Paray-le-Monial, one of the most important Romanesque churches in Burgundy, built in the 12th C on the model of the abbey church of Cluny and dominated by the massive octagonal tower over the crossing. On the river front are three round- headed doorways. Adjoining the church are the neo-classical conventual buildings, which contain a museum of ceramics. To the north of the church is the neo-Romanesque Chapelle de la Visitation, which is decorated with mosaics and frescoes. It is built on the spot where Marguerite-Marie Alacoque had her visions; her glass sarcophagus is in a side chapel on the right.