City: The placed named Beaune mentioned
here is a little city in the east of France, in Burgundy.
The approximate 22,000 inhabitants are called Beaunois.
The city, located on the hills of the C'ote d'Or, is
old. There were people living here by the time of the Celts.
The place received town rights in 1203 from Odo III, Duke
of Burgundy. Historical buildings from the middle ages, in
renaissance and baroque bear witness to a rich past. Today
Beaune is known for its production of wine. Beaune is sometimes
referred to as the wine capital of Burgundy.
Elsewhere on our website we have an item about the well-known
Hotel-Dieu of Beaune – please see our page ‘museums’.
Building: Collégiale Notre-Dame
The parish church was elevated in 1958 to a basilica.
The style of the church is Romanesque. The present church,
built in the first half of the 12th century, was a replacement
of an earlier church. After the fire of 1272 repairs were
carried out and among other things the Romanesque windows
were replaced by large Gothic windows and arcs.
Object: On a side altar there is a radiating
triangle surrounded by clouds, which is a characteristic we
have encountered many times. The writing contained within
the triangle, again in common with our experience, certainly
appears to be the divine name, although we suspect with some
artistic freedom.
