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21 Cluny had become the head of a major
Cluny reforming order with monasteries all
over Europe. Its abbots were considered
! F4 ⌂ Saône-et-Loire @ to be as powerful as monarchs or popes.
n 6 rue Mercière; www.
cluny-tourisme.com
The little town of Cluny is Ancienne Abbaye the 12th century and is
de Cluny
over shadowed by the ruins of
notable for its range of
EXPERIENCE Burgundy and Franche-Comté foundation in Europe. It was hols ∑ cluny-abbaye.fr artist Gisle bertus. He sculpted
its great abbey. The Ancienne
"'= ⌂ Place due 11 Août
impressive sculptures,
most of them the work of
1944 # 9:30am–6pm daily
Abbaye de Cluny was once
(to 7pm Jul & Aug) ¢ Public
the mysterious 12th-century
the most powerful monastic
founded by William the Pious,
both the capitals inside the
Musée d’Art et
cathedral and the glorious
Duke of Aquitaine, in 910,
Archéologie
and within 200 years Cluny
Last Judgment tymp anum
" ⌂ Palais Jean de Bourbon
over the main portal. This
had become head of a
major reforming order with
# 9:30am–6pm daily (to 7pm
masterpiece, called a
“Romanesque Cézanne”
Jul & Aug) ¢ Public hols
monasteries all over Europe.
Its abbots were considered
by André Malraux, survived
∑ cluny-abbaye.fr
to be as powerful as monarchs
destruction in the Revolution
or popes, and four of them are
because it had been plastered
venerated as saints. But by
Inside, some of the capitals
the 14th century, the system
Autun
can be seen close up in the
was in decline. The abbey was
Salle Capitulaire. Look also for
closed in 1790 and the church
! E4 ⌂ Saône-et-Loire
was later dismantled. 22 over during the 18th century.
the sculpture of Pierre Jeannin
£  n 13 rue Général
The guided tour presents Dem etz; www.autun- and his wife. Jeannin was
the abbey remains, notably tourisme.com the president of the Dijon
the Clocher de l’Eau Bénite parlia ment that prevented
(Holy Water Bell Tower); the Augustodunum, the town of mass anti-Huejonot violence
remains of figured capitals, Augustus, was founded in the from spreading, with the
displayed in the 13th-century late 1st century BC. It was a perceptive observation, “the
flour store; and the Musée great centre of learning, with commands of very angry
d’Art et Archéologie, in the a population four times what monarchs should be obeyed
former abbot’s palace. it is today. Its theatre, built in very slowly”.
Also in the town is the lovely the 1st century AD, could seat The collection of medieval
12th-century Église St-Marcel. 20,000 people. art in the Musée Rolin
To the southwest, you’ll find a Today Autun is still includes the bas-relief
chapel in Berzé-la-Ville deco- a delight, deserving of Temptation of Eve by Gisle-
rated with numerous superb gastronomic as well as ber tus, the
12th-century frescoes, similar cultural investigation. 15th-century
to those that would once have The Cathé drale St- painted
been seen at Cluny. Lazare was built in stone
The austere pilgrimage site
of Basilique du Sacre-Coeur
in Paray-le-Monial
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