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A visit to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluny_Abbey" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Cluny Abbey</a>, the visit would take around an hour.

Cluny Abbey (or Cluni, or Clugny, French pronunciation: ​[klyni]) is a former Benedictine monastery in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France. It was dedicated to St Peter. The abbey was constructed in the Romanesque architectural style, with three churches built in succession from the 4th to the early 12th centuries. The earliest basilica was the world's largest church until the St. Peter's Basilica construction began in Rome.

Cluny was founded by William I, Duke of Aquitaine in 910. He nominated Berno as the first Abbot of Cluny, subject only to Pope Sergius III. The abbey was notable for its stricter adherence to the Rule of St. Benedict, whereby Cluny became acknowledged as the leader of western monasticism. The establishment of the Benedictine Order was a keystone to the stability of European society that was achieved in the 11th century. In 1790 during the French Revolution, the abbey was sacked and mostly destroyed, with only a small part of the Abbey surviving.

Starting around 1334, the Abbots of Cluny maintained a townhouse in Paris known as the Hôtel de Cluny, which has been a public museum since 1843. Apart from the name, it no longer possesses anything originally connected with Cluny.


In 2007 the Abbey of Cluny was the first site to receive the "European Heritage" label.


The Cloister and conventional buildings of the 18th century.


The outside gardens area of Cluny Abbey.


In 1750, during the abbacy of Frédéric-Jérôme de la Rochefoucald (1747-57), a reconstruction of the conventional buildings was undertaken at Cluny. As in several Benedictine abbeys renovated during this period, immense buildings classical in type with wings open onto the orderly gardens, large galleries, monumental staircases, and vestibules were constructed.


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Camera location46° 26′ 02.89″ N, 4° 39′ 35.74″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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