Noyers, Semur, & Fontenay
pictures from Monday, July 16, 2007 Back to Burgundy homepage. Arches and doorways A simple littletown, pretty but not prettied up A ceiling door for reenactments of the Ascension, possibly? This town is more famous than Noyers--four big towers, ramparts, and (below) a couple ofstunning warmemorials The church, Collégial Notre-Dame de Semur-en-Auxois, first half of the13th century The cloister
One of the many wonderful Misericords,
this one a woodworker
We saw a lot of them inBurgundy.
Inside the gates of the wall; a sweeping, unspoiled perspective
Then, one wants to say, there is Fontenay, the most impressive sight in all Burgundy. Witheverything else (or nearly) in ruins, the abbey seems splendidly preserved, isolated, serene. Climbthe stairs, turn the corner, and you could disappear forever--if only you could getin! 
Photo at left by George Paterson