Red touR ClameCy, aRound wateR (2h00) Located on the doorstep of the Morvan, Clamecy was built on a rocky spur, at the confluence of two rivers : the Yonne and the Beuvron. You are in the upper town listed as a preserved area. 1 Bust of Claude Tillier...
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Red touR ClameCy, aRound wateR (2h00) Located on the doorstep of the Morvan, Clamecy was built on a rocky spur, at the confluence of two rivers : the Yonne and the Beuvron. You are in the upper town listed as a preserved area. 1 Bust of Claude Tillier (1905, by Emile Boisseau). Claude Tillier, a pamphleteer, writer, and also a journalist, was born in Clamecy. He is the author of My uncle Benjamin (Mon Oncle Benjamin): adapted for the screen with Jacques Brel, the famous French singer, in the title role. In the Café À Mon Oncle Benjamin, discover wall paintings (20th C, by Robert Pouyaud) illustrating this novel. 2 On the site of the old city walls: This passageway takes you from the upper town to the lower town. 3 On the right, a house called "La Grand’Cour" (1742). With its classical architecture and its majestic pediment, this house used to belong to wood merchants. Below, the Canal du Nivernais used to flow across the town from le port des Jeux. 4 Canal du Nivernais (late 18th and 1
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