The Church Notre Dame of Melun !!!

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The town of Melun is located in the department no, 77 of Seine-et-Marne in the Île-de-France region of my belle France. It is 54 km from Meaux , 49 km from Paris, 56 km from Versailles, and 472 km from my current home, I happened to be by here after a long pause and the memories flash back nicely, There were mix in other posts and they should a post of their own , me think , Therefore, let me tell you about the Church Notre Dame of Melun !!!  Hope you enjoy this post as I.

The Collegiate Church of Notre Dame, at Place Notre-Dame. This is located rue de la Courtille was founded between 1016 and 1031 by the King of France Robert II the Pious on the site of a previous church, Notre-Dame had the status of collegiate church prior to the French revolution, when the church was secularised. It is now the property of the City of Melun, and has been restored to religious uses.

In 1031, the nave, the aisles, the transept and the base of the bell towers, still visible today, are already built. These elements correspond to the Romanesque style. The bell towers are finished around 1100 and restored in 1515 and 1524. These important towers flanking the choir belong to a set of important religious buildings of the 10C, marking the Capetian domains, From 1161, the choir is rebuilt in the Gothic style. In 1198, it was consecrated in 1198 and royal ceremonies were organized in the collegiate church as the marriage of the daughter of Saint Louis, Isabelle, with Thibaut II of Navarre.

The canons are dispersed during the French revolution. The church was closed in 1844, and restored thanks to the funds collected from 1851 to 1862 by a lottery. The roof and most of the stained glass windows are destroyed during the bombing of WWII. The missing stained glass windows were redone in 1955, with the central theme of the Virgin Mary and Saint Etienne, Saint Aspais and Saint Liesne, two local saints. A famous 15C painting, the Melun Diptych, was commissioned by Etienne Chevalier to hang in the church. It remained there until the 18C, The church has a two-manual Cavaillé-Coll organ. The instrument was acquired at the end of the 19C from the singer Pauline Viardot. It was made in 1851 by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll for the private use of the singer Pauline Viardot Sister of Malibran. The buffet is of neo-Renaissance style with a particularly neat decor.

The City of Melun on the church :  https://www.ville-melun.fr/la-ville/patrimoine/9-la-collegiale-notre-dame

The local Melun Val de Seine tourist office on the church : https://www.melunvaldeseine-tourisme.com/en/cultural-heritage/collegiate-church-notre-dame

The Île de France region tourist office on the church : https://www.visitparisregion.com/en/collegiate-church-of-notre-dame-melun

There you go folks, another dandy ride in my road warrior mode,again, I had a nice visit to known towns of my Seine et Marne and this is a nice one worth the detour, Always something nice to see in my belle France, Again ,hope you enjoy the post on the Church Notre Dame of Melun as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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