Avallon Clock Tower – Avallon loop from La Tuilerie
Avallon Clock Tower – Avallon loop from La Tuilerie
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Avallon Clock Tower – Avallon loop from La Tuilerie
02:11
28.5km
420m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 28, 2026
Tips
Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps
You may need to carry your bike.
After 15.9 km for 9 m
After 17.6 km for 4 m
After 18.0 km for 3 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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11.4 km
Sous Roche Municipal Campsite
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16.7 km
Avallon Clock Tower
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16.7 km
Avallon
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This is composed of a central nave flanked by two side aisles. You will notice the difference in level of almost 3 meters between the portal and the choir. The height of the pillars as well as the cord which surmounts them follow, like the floor of the church, the slope of the rocky spur on which it is built.
The current organ was built in 1850 by the Grenoble maker Nicolas Chambry, in a classical style from the 16th and 18th centuries. At the same time, a new musical universe is emerging for organists and Avallon is joining in...
When you leave, don't forget to go to the apse of the Collegiate Church to admire the Romanesque cornices whose sculpted modillions (sculpted architectural element supporting a cornice) are interesting.
Source: “The Frog Circuit”
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16.8 km
Historic Center of Avallon
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17.6 km
Saint Martin Church
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If during the French Revolution the building served as a remand center, barracks or factory, in 1804, it resumed its religious function and became the second parish church of Avallon under the name of Saint-Martin Church.
In 1829, the bell tower was transferred from the roof of the Ladies Chapel to that of the current nave. Proving too small as a parish church, the building underwent major transformations in 1850...
In 1840, Father MUARO, founder of the Abbey of Pierre-qui-Vire, then parish priest of Saint-Martin, installed the reliquary of Saint-Clement, the shrine and the Main Altar.
Despite all these construction restarts, the whole Church remains homogeneous, recalling the vaults of Saint-Vorles in Châtillon-sur-Seine or that of the Abbey of Fontenay-près-Montbard,
(Extracts from bulletin n°3 of the “Friends of old AVALLON”)
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18.4 km
Magnificent view of Avallon
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28.5 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
8.62 km
5.17 km
5.16 km
4.86 km
4.20 km
470 m
Surfaces
18.4 km
8.62 km
811 m
316 m
312 m
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Elevation
Highest point (300 m)
Lowest point (180 m)
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Sunday 5 July
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