M. Christian Durquet, Conservator of Patrimony at the Musée de l'Art Contemporain, ordered the establishment of a Zervos Museum at Vézelay.
Furthermore he designed two buildings (residential houses for himself) in Vézelay (1924) and in Paris near Pont de Sèvres (1934).
He took his vows there at age seventeen, swiftly rising in esteem and becoming professor and prior of the monastery of Vézelay at only twenty years of age.
His search for subjects led him to the basilica at Vézelay and to the Limousin for views of Uzerche and Crozant, as Armand Guillaumin had done before him.
In 1058 Pope Stephen IX confirmed the genuineness of the relics, leading to an influx of pilgrims that has continued to this day.
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In 1189, the Frankish and English factions of the Third Crusade met at Vézelay before officially departing for the Holy Land.
He recorded the work (first world recording, Vezelay Basilica, October 7, 1993, Radio France, Accord-Universal and France Télévisions), and was invited to conduct the work all over the world, including the Teatro Colón in Buenos-Aires in May 1998 and at the Santander International Festival in 2003.