Troyes - St Urbain

In Troyes, northeast of the Town Hall, in Place de la Libération, is the church of St-Urbain, one of the finest Gothic buildings in Champagne, built between 1262 and 1286 by Pope Urban IV, a native of Troyes. The facade, which was completed only in the 19th C., has a 13th C. doorway with a Last Judgment in the tympanum. The great area of glass (13th and 14th C.) in the walls makes the interior very light. To the right of the choir is a charming figure of the Virgin, the Vierge au Raisin (Virgin of the Grapes), a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture (16th C.).

Northwest of this is the church of St-Rémy (14th-16th C.), which has a fine Cross by Girardon (1638-1715).