{"id":13608,"date":"2023-11-01T19:22:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T18:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visit-beaujolais.com\/abbaye-de-cluny-joyau-de-lart-roman-en-bourgogne\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T19:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:15:14","slug":"abbaye-de-cluny-joyau-de-lart-roman-en-bourgogne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visit-beaujolais.com\/en\/abbaye-de-cluny-joyau-de-lart-roman-en-bourgogne\/","title":{"rendered":"Cluny Abbey, a jewel of Romanesque art in Burgundy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One must imagine what Cluny was like in its heyday. Founded in 910, this abbey exerted a profound influence on Christendom throughout the Middle Ages. At the time, it was the largest abbey ever built and, by the end of the 11th century, it headed a network of 1,400 dependencies. This jewel of Romanesque art was sadly dismantled during the French Revolution. Only a few fragments remain, which unfortunately do not always convey what this majestic building once was. Fortunately, modern technology now allows us to imagine the sheer scale of the place at the height of its glory. In addition to Cluny, southern Burgundy boasts a rich religious heritage, featuring several beautiful Romanesque churches. &#13;\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"width:100%; height:300px; position:relative;\" class=\"cspm_linear_gradient_bg\"><div class=\"cspm_zoom_container\"><div class=\"cspm_zoom_in_13608 cspm_map_btn cspm_zoom_in_control cspm_bg_rgb_hover cspm_border_shadow cspm_border_top_radius\" title=\"Zoom in\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cspm_svg cspm_svg_white\" src=\"https:\/\/visit-beaujolais.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/codespacing-progress-map\/img\/svg\/addition-sign.svg\" \/><\/div><div class=\"cspm_zoom_out_13608 cspm_map_btn cspm_zoom_out_control cspm_bg_rgb_hover cspm_border_shadow cspm_border_bottom_radius\" title=\"Zoom out\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cspm_svg cspm_svg_white\" src=\"https:\/\/visit-beaujolais.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/codespacing-progress-map\/img\/svg\/minus-sign.svg\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"codespacing_progress_map_light_13608\" style=\"width:100%; height:100%;\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One must imagine what Cluny was like in its heyday. Founded in 910, this abbey exerted a profound influence on Christendom throughout the Middle Ages. At the time, it was the largest abbey ever built and, by the end of the 11th century, it headed a network of 1,400 dependencies. This jewel of Romanesque art was sadly dismantled during the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[962],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history-heritage"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cluny Abbey, a jewel of Romanesque art in Burgundy - Walks in Beaujolais and South Burgundy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visit-beaujolais.com\/en\/abbaye-de-cluny-joyau-de-lart-roman-en-bourgogne\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cluny Abbey, a jewel of Romanesque art in Burgundy - Walks in Beaujolais and South Burgundy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One must imagine what Cluny was like in its heyday. 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