Domrémy

Jeanne ‘d Arc’s home town, Domrémy, is about thirty-five miles west of the city of Nancy. The stone house where Joan was born is a charming, substantial two story stone house, with huge beams in the ceilings, and a shed roof. The room where Joan ‘d Arc was born on January 6, 1412, looked as if it could have been the living room, with a fireplace.

Joan’s birthplace is next door to a small, pretty, stone church. The architecture of these little churches is not nearly as pretentious as the larger ones, but many do have a very special charm. These old stone churches must be very cold in the wintertime, so the pews are set up on a wooden floor, constructed a few inches above the cold, cold, stone floor.

Near the woods where Jeanne d’ Arc saw her visions, a beautiful basilica was recently completed. Although small compared to many other churches in Europe, the walls were covered with splendid mosaics depicting scenes of the life of Jeanne ‘d Arc. A circular staircase, its walls decorated with more mosaics, leads to the church balcony.