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Tournus and Saint-Philibert Abbey
About 20 minutes from La Maison Rosie, Tournus stretches along the Saône in Saône-et-Loire. Its history reaches back to Roman times, and its medieval centre — narrow lanes, stone houses, boutiques, and restaurants — makes it one of the finest stops in the region.
Saint-Philibert Abbey
This Benedictine abbey, begun in the 10th century, is probably one of the oldest surviving Romanesque churches still standing. Visitors marvel at its elegant columns and round arches, 12th-century mosaics depicting the signs of the zodiac, frescoes, and a 10th-century crypt with intricately carved capitals.
Also worth seeing
- •The Hôtel-Dieu, a 17th-century hospital with its canopied beds and remarkable pharmacy filled with faïence pots
- •The Musée Greuze, dedicated to the painter born in Tournus in 1725
- •The medieval half-timbered houses of the old town
- •The church of Saint-Valérien, which may date back to the 10th century