The Basilica Sainte-Marie-Madeleine is an ancient abbey church in Vézelay in the French region of Burgundy. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, the basilica was originally the church of the Benedictine abbey of the same name.
Both the basilica itself and its surroundings are beautiful to visit.
Here, I deliberately chose for a moment not to photograph the basilica frontally and as a stand-alone building.
Walking around the basilica, you enter the surrounding park-like area where the view of a cemetery on one side and a view of the surrounding landscape from the walls bordering the grounds on the other.
Pictured this way, I think the basilica better shows how it manifests itself in its surroundings.
Here, although photographed in the middle of summer, the trees already have a slightly autumnal look that I think contributes to a fine atmosphere in the image.
I am an enthusiastic and passionate leisure photographer. In my portfolio you will encounter a variety of photographic images. I started more or less with abstract, colorful and square images. Gradually my photographic horizon has broadened with landscape photography, images of our travels (Morocco for example).
I started to..
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