Provency

Provency is a common French, located in the department of the Yonne and the area Burgundy.

Geography

History

The village of Provency is quoted with the XIIe century under the name of " Provence" or " Proency". Provency and its Hameau X formed several Seigneurie S raising the ones (Provency and Genouilly) of Montreal, the others (Marcilly and Turn-of-Prey) of Noyers.

Bur, Lord of Marcilly and of Turn-of-Prey, founded in 1239 the Abbaye women of Our-Lady-of-Good-Rest, about Cîteaux where the close parishes came in Pèlerinage in climatic time of calamity and where were made bury a great number of representatives of the local nobility.

The ground of Provency successively belonged to Damoiseau, with the Holy-Moor; Genouilly was in Pampelune. One exploited with the XIXe century in Genouilly of the career S of hydraulic Ciment.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Manor S of Provency XVIe/XVIIe century and of Genouilly XVIe century.
Vestiges of the strong house thePre one, dismantled during the Wars of the league: square Keep XVe century.
Residence of Marcilly (on the site of the Abbey of Our-Lady-of-Good-Rest): main building to turrets of style XVIe century; old gate (IMH), coming from Annay-the-Coast.
Church Saint-Symphorien Rebirth: small porch XVIe century, carries Romance to trefoil tympanum, triples Nef with 4 spans, in form of Latin Croix, vaults out of stone with ogival veins, bays blazing, vault of the Sanctuaire to blazing compartments, many tomb stones, Clocher - square turn XVe century,
vault seigneuriale; Virgin with the Child XIVe century hones some (coming from the abbey of Marcilly); octagonal Baptistry out of stone dated 1577.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of Yonne

External bonds

Provency on the site of the national geographical Institute
Provency on the site of INSEE
Provency on the site of Quid
Localization of Provency on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Provency on Mapquest

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