Villeneuve sur Yonne, a city of charm and character

The Carnot gallery museum

the Carnot Museum-Gallery devotes a course to the evocation of all artists who, since the 19th century, have been attracted and seduced by Villeneuve-sur-Yonne and in particular the Nabis group who from 1897 to 1899 resided at the Relais, this holiday resort rented by Thadée and Misia Natanson, animators of The White Review (Vuillard, Bonnard, Vallotton, Toulouse-Lautrec…).

The upstairs gallery which dominates the ditches of the city, gives pride of place to the sculptor Emile Peynot (1850-1932), a native of Villeneuve, Grand Prix de Rome 1880, as well as the painters and designers who since the beginning of the 20th century have highlighted the landscapes of Villeneuvien and northern Yonne: Francis Picabia, Charles -Théodore Balké, Louise-Renée Lacroix, Berthold Mahn, Gaëtan de Rosnay, Michel de Gallard, Claude Autenheimer…

The relays

Dated under its pediment from 1807, the house called “The relays” was originally a post office.

At the very end of the 19th century, Thadee Nathanson, director of La Revue blanche, and his wife Misiathen “in search of a large house at the edge of the water which was not too far from Paris”had a crush on this large residence and its by this made of it from 1897 to 1899, the holiday resort of their friends writers and artists, in the forefront of which thehe painters “Nabis” Vuillard, Bonnard, Roussel and Vallotton as well asToulouse Lautrec

Karine Decalf This house was also from 1975 to 1982, the property of the writer Bernard Clavel

(Goncourt Prize 1968)

The cafe restaurant of the hall Located rue du commerce in Villeneuve sur Yonne, opposite the halls where the market is held every Tuesday and Friday,the cafe restaurant in the hall is a warm place where you can tastegenerous homemade cuisine

Karine Decalf

Karine Decalf

Karine Decalf

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption

Karine Decalf

Karine Decalf

The bell tower, begun in the 13th century and finished in Flamboyant Gothic style after 1546, is 47 meters high.

The Short Circuit 89 The Short Circuit 89 located 42 route de Beaudemont in Villeneuve sur Yonne is a collective of 4 farmers from the Pays d’Othe, all engaged in an organic production method, and who created a store to promote ahealthy and fair food

Karine Decalf