Villemaur-sur-Vanne

Villemaur-sur-Vanne lies on the River Vanne between Sens and Troyes. Its collegiate church preserves a remarkable work of Champagne sculpture: a carved wooden rood screen, traditionally dated to 1521. The screen separated the nave, where the congregation gathered, from the choir used by the clergy. Fifteen scenes of the Passion face the nave, while eleven scenes from the life of the Virgin look towards the choir. The church itself combines work from the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries.