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On this inspiring hill, sculptors, writers, architects, explorers, musicians.... have left their mark.
MAISON JULES ROY
Right on the top of the hill, facing north, stands the house where the author Jules Roy spent the last twenty years of his life.Nothing has been moved in his study and the room seems merely to await his return, breathing the work and inspiration of his last books.
www.lyonne.com/Culture-et-Vie-Locale/Sites-et-monuments/Maison-Jules-Roy-a-Vezelay
MUSEE DE L'OEUVRE VIOLLET-LE-DUC
Located in the former monks' dormitory, the museum exhibit sculptures made by Viollet-le-Duc and medieval sculptures from the basilica and its surroundings.
www.vezelay.fr
MUSEE ZERVOS - MAISON ROMAIN ROLLAND
Who would have thought that Vézelay harbours a museum of modern art where Picasso hangs next to Kandinsky, Braque, Léger, Hélion and many others. Where the mobiles of Calder dance from the ceiling next to a bronze of Giacometti, and where the prehistoric sculptures of the Cyclades live shoulder to shoulder with the ceramics of Picasso?
www.musee-zervos.yonne.fr