Lisieux

 

 

 

Up the hill….Basilica of St Thérèse – built in 1954

 

The crypt [click for end of service]

 

 

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The main part of the basilica

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The outside view [click for bells]

 

St Thérèse herself [click for the guide enthusing about this new saint]

 

 

 

Lisieux Museum of art and history – a curious mixture of items in a half-timbered building with art from all over the millennium

Here is a gallo-roman wall-painting of a head:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

owner of the Maison du Vin in Lisieux explains its history and the reason for the choice of wine 

 

 

Interesting sugar wrapper from the Maison du Vin

 

 

 

 

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