Abbaye de Cluny
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Added on 15 Apr 2014,
last edited by »biroto-Redaktion« on 10 Sep 2014
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Type of sights
Abbey/convent
Name and address
Abbaye de Cluny
FR-71250 Cluny
GEO-data
Geodetic coordinates
46.434381 4.660789
Elevation
235 m
Communication
Cluny Abbey (or Cluni, or Clugny, French pronunciation: [klyˈni]) is a former Benedictine monastery in Cluny , Saône-et-Loire, France. It was built in the Romanesque style, with three churches built in succession from the 10th to the early 12th centuries.
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 theRule 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 Clunymaintained 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 910, William I, Duke of Aquitaine "the Pious", andCount of Auvergne, founded the Benedictine Abbey of Cluny on a modest scale, as the motherhouse of the Congregation of Cluny.
The years following the French Revolution were fatal to all the monastic buildings and its church. In 1793, its archives were burned and the church was delivered to plundering. The abbey estate was sold in 1798 for 2,140,000 francs. Until 1813, the abbey was used as a stone quarry to build houses in the town.
Today, there remain only the buildings built under the Old Mode as well as a small portion of Cluny III. Only the southern transept and its bell-tower still stand; the ruined bases of columns give an idea of the size of the rest of the church. The surviving structure represents less than 10% of the floor area of Cluny III, which was the largest church of Christendom, until the construction of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, five centuries later. The abbey has sheltered since 1901 a forming center of the École nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers (ENSAM) of the engineers of the Art-and-Trades (Gadzarts, in student's slang).
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Description of overnight bicycle parking:
No bike racks available. Luggage can be left in "Brasserie du Nord" (46.434525, 4.658192), a few meters from the ticket shop of the Abbey.
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Added on 15 Apr 2014,
last edited by »biroto-Redaktion« on 10 Sep 2014