Semur en Auxois – Vézelay loop from Cussy-les-Forges
Semur en Auxois – Vézelay loop from Cussy-les-Forges
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Semur en Auxois – Vézelay loop from Cussy-les-Forges
07:59
129km
1,240m
Cycling
Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 10, 2026
Tips
Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 99.4 km for 82 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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12.4 km
Époisses Castle
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25.4 km
Semur en Auxois
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74.8 km
Cousin Valley
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79.2 km
Magnificent view of Avallon
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82.0 km
The Cousin River at Pontaubert and Avallon
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87.8 km
Château d'Island
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95.8 km
Château de Pierre-Perthuis
Castle
99.4 km
Notre-Dame Church of Saint-Père
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The Église Notre-Dame de Saint-Père church is built in Burgundy Flamboyant style and is considered a masterpiece of this Late Gothic style. The three-nave church with its 50-meter-high bell tower was built in the 13th century and has been listed as a monument historique since 1840. The two chapels were in the 14./15. and the narthex added in the 15th century. The iconography of the church is not very enlightening, but inside you can find the rather worn-out portrait of a Geizkragens, which keeps his purse hanging around his neck. He is flanked on both sides by a dragon that seems to bite his ears off. This symbol can be seen quite ambiguously: The man turns deaf, although he certainly had the means to help (egoism) or the man is so fixated on his belongings that he forgets to protect himself - himself something good to do (greed as obsessive-compulsive disorder). The richest is the open narthex. For more than two centuries, sculptors were able to realize their ideas and stonemasons could prove their skill in craftsmanship. Upon entering the covered narthex you can see on the right two statuettes in half relief, which are to represent Girart de Roussillon and his wife Berthe or his daughter Eve. They are considered the founders of the former abbey of Saint-Père.
Probably the church (former abbey) had a function as the last stop in the pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Mary Magdalene in Vézelay.
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102 km
Vézelay
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129 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
104 km
13.8 km
4.41 km
4.02 km
1.71 km
471 m
Surfaces
123 km
3.51 km
1.71 km
481 m
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Elevation
Highest point (320 m)
Lowest point (150 m)
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