Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
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UNESCO designated the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France as a World Heritage Site in December 1998. The routes pass through the following regions of France: Aquitaine, Auvergne, Basse-Normandie, Bourgogne, Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Ile-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin, Midi-Pyrénées, Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. UNESCO cites the routes' role in "religious and cultural exchange", the development of "specialized edifices" along the routes, and their "exceptional witness to the power and influence of Christian faith among people of all classes and countries in Europe during the Middle Ages".
UNESCO designated 71 structures along the routes and seven stretches of the Chemin du Puy as a World Heritage Site. The structures are largely monuments, churches, or hospitals that provided services to pilgrims headed to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Some are places of pilgrimage in their own right. Other structures include a tower, a bridge, and a city gate.
Structures
The sites included in the UNESCO designation are largely monuments, churches, or hospitals that provided services to pilgrims headed to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Some are places of pilgrimage in their own right. Other structures include a tower, bridges, a city gate, and a prehistoric stone construction. When UNESCO designates monuments as World Heritage Sites, this often leads to an increase in tourism that challenges the abilities of local communities to continue protecting the sites themselves.
- Clermont-Ferrand: church Notre-Dame du Port
- Le Puy-en-Velay: cathedral
- Le Puy-en-Velay: Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Jacques
- La Charité-sur-Loire: church Sainte-Croix-Notre-Dame
- Asquins: church Saint-Jacques d'Asquins
- Vézelay: former abbatial church Sainte-Madeleine
- Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre: collegial church Saint-Étienne (formerly collegial church Saint-Jacques) – Centre-Val de Loire
- Bourges: cathedral Saint-Étienne – Centre
- L'Épine: Basilica Notre-Dame de l'Épine
- Châlons-en-Champagne: church Notre-Dame-en-Vaux
- Amiens: cathedral Notre-Dame
- Compiègne: parochial church Saint-Jacques
- Douai: Église Saint-Jacques de Douai
- Folleville: parochial church Saint-Jean-Baptiste
- Paris: Saint-Jacques Tower – Île-de-France
- Mont Saint-Michel – Lower Normandy
- Périgueux: cathedral Saint-Front
- Saint-Avit-Sénieur: church
- Le Buisson-de-Cadouin: former abbaye
- Bazas: former cathedral
- Bordeaux: basilica of St. Severinus
- Bordeaux: basilica of St. Michael
- Bordeaux: cathedral of St. Andrew
- La Sauve: abbey de La Sauve-Majeure
- La Sauve-Majeure: church Saint-Pierre
- Soulac-sur-Mer: church Notre-Dame-de-la-Fin-des-Terres
- Aire-sur-l'Adour: church Sainte-Quitterie
- Mimizan: bell tower
- Sorde-l'Abbaye: abbey Saint-Jean
- Saint-Sever: abbey
- Agen: cathedral Saint Caprais
- Bayonne: cathedral Sainte-Marie
- L'Hôpital-Saint-Blaise: church
- Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port: gate Saint Jacques
- Oloron-Sainte-Marie: church Sainte Marie
- Saintes: church Sainte-Eutrope
- Saint-Jean-d'Angély: royal abbey Saint-Jean-Baptiste
- Melle: church Saint-Hilaire
- Aulnay: church Saint-Pierre
- Poitiers: church Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand
- Pons: former hospital des Pèlerins
- Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat: church Saint-Léonard
Occitanie
- Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert: former abbey de Gellone
- Aniane/Saint-Jean-de-Fos: Pont du Diable
- Saint-Gilles-du-Gard: former abbatial church
- Audressein: church of Tramesaygues
- Saint-Lizier: former cathedral and cloister, cathedral Notre-Dame-de-la-Sède, episcopal palace, rempart
- Conques: Abbey Church of Saint Foy
- Conques: bridge over the Dourdou
- Espalion: Pont-Vieux
- Estaing: bridge over the Lot
- Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac: bridge called "des pèlerins " over the Boralde
- Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges: former cathedral Notre-Dame
- Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges: paleo-Christian basilica, chapel Saint-Julien
- Toulouse: basilica Saint-Sernin
- Toulouse: Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Jacques
- Valcabrère: church Saint-Just
- Auch: cathedral Sainte-Marie
- Beaumont-sur-l'Osse and Larressingle: Pont d'Artigue or of Lartigue
- La Romieu: collegial church Saint-Pierre
- Cahors: cathedral Saint-Étienne
- Cahors: Valentré Bridge
- Gréalou: dolmen of Pech-Laglaire
- Figeac: hospital Saint-Jacques
- Rocamadour: church Saint-Sauveur and crypt Saint-Amadour
- Aragnouet: hospice of the Plan and chapel Notre-Dame- de-l'Assomption, aka. chapelle des Templiers
- Gavarnie: parochial church
- Jézeau: church Saint-Laurent
- Ourdis-Cotdoussan: church of Cotdussan
- Rabastens: church Notre-Dame-du-Bourg
- Moissac: abbey-church Saint-Pierre and cloister
- Arles: Église Saint-Honorat
References
- ^ a b "Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France". UNESCO. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France (maps)". UNESCO. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ Dosquet, Frédéric; Lorey, Thierry; Bourliataux-Lajoinie, Stéphane; del Olmo Arriaga, Josep Lluís (2020), Séraphin, Hugues; Gladkikh, Tatiana; Vo Thanh, Tan (eds.), "Case Study 5: A Paradox of the UNESCO "World Heritage" Label? The Case of the Way of St James of Compostela in France", Overtourism, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 267–284, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-42458-9_15, ISBN 978-3-030-42457-2, retrieved 2023-09-14
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Paris Route or Via Turonensis |
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Vézelay Route or Via Lemovicensis |
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Le Puy Route or Via Podiensis | Monuments |
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Sections |
- Between Nasbinals and Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac (17 km)
- Between Saint-Côme-d'Olt and Estaing (17 km)
- Between Montredon and Figeac (18 km)
- Between Faycelles and Cajarc (22.5 km)
- Between Bach and Cahors (26 km)
- Between Lectoure and Condom (35 km)
- Between d'Aroue and Ostabat (22 km)
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Arles Route or Via Tolasana |
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World Heritage Sites in France |
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Île-de-France |
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Parisian basin |
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Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
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West |
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South West |
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Centre East |
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Mediterranean |
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- 1Shared locally with other region/s and with Belgium
- 2Shared with Spain
- 3Shared with Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland
- 4Shared with Belgium
- 5Shared with Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine
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