The cathedral of St Etienne and the churches of St Eusebe and St Pierre have been protected and developed over the centuries, but there have been more ancient religious sites contained within the pattern of Auxerre centre that have been destroyed or simply neglected and forgotten.
The « documents d’évaluation du patrimoine des villes de France » gives the following list of all the known sites and their location. Apart from only two exceptions, they are all contained within a circle of diameter 2/phi Km (Fig 12).
1-Basilica St Amatre
2-Basilica, then church, then chapel Saint Alban
3-Cathedral St Etienne
4-Oratory Saint Maurice
5-Monastery Saint Come and Saint Damien then monastery Saint Marien (first placement)
6-Church Ste Marie then collegiate church Notre-Dame-de-la-Cité
7-Basilica, then monastery Saint-Pierre-en-vallée
8-Monastery Saint Martin, then parish church Saint-Martin-les-Saint-Marien
9-Basilica Saint Christophe
10-Basilica St Pierre and St Jacques
11-Basilica then abbey Saint Julien
12-Church then parish church Saint Mamert
13-Basilica , then collegiate church Saint Eusebe
14-Basilica Sainte Marie, then monastery Notre Dame-La-d’Hors,then parish church Notre Dame-La-d’Hors.
15-Basilica Saint Gervais
16-Chapel Saint Clément
17-Chapel then church Saint Pèlerin
18-Baptistery Saint Germain
19-Baptistery Saint Jean Baptiste
20-Church Saint Loup
Religious establishments developed in the XIIth and XIIIth centuries
21-Convent Franciscan
22-Convent Dominican
23-Chapel and Templar commandery
24-Parish church then chapel Saint Etienne le petit
25-Synagogue
Of particular interest is the placement of the Templar commandery (23) and a synagogue (25) close to the centre of the pattern.
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