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The Collège Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Loup de Montereau-Fault-Yonne is a former collegial church located at the confluence of the Seine and the Yonne, in the northeast of the city. Founded in 1195 by Michel de Corbeil, Archbishop of Sens, it was originally designed to house a chapter of nine canons. Its architecture, from plan to Latin cross, is the result of a staggered construction: the north tower (XIIth–XIVth centuries), the nave (XIIIth), the north (XIVth) and south (XVIth).

The church played a major historical role in 1419, temporarily welcoming the remains of John without Fear, Duke of Burgundy, and his servant Archambaud de Foix after their assassination on the bridge of Montereau. She lost her collegiate status in 1772, becoming a simple parish under the name of Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Loup. Ranked a historic monument in 1908, it suffered heavy damage during the June 1940 bombing of neighbouring bridges.

Its furniture, partially classified, includes remarkable elements: a 17th-century altarpiece attributed to Brother Luc, a statue of the Virgin to the Child (15th century), and carved wooden vantals. These pieces, protected between 1908 and 1995, bear witness to its rich liturgical and artistic past. The building, a communal property, remains a symbol of the seine and marnais religious and architectural heritage.

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