cluny

The most beautiful and vastest Romanic church of the Christendom rose. To remember which great spiritual adventure of the Middle Age shone from this place. The Abbots of CLUNY, striking personalities of their time, united holiness and culture. Enlightened, ambitious for their order, they had, to realize this masterful work, called here the artisans, the bosses of work, the sculptors, the best artists.
Then appeared this chef-d'œuvre of architecture and of ornamentation that were the abbey church, the convent and the CLUNY's different monastic buildings.
Cluny enjoys today an international fame which goes back up to the middle - age, when in the highlight, the abbey Benedictine spread its brilliance and its influence on all medieval Europe. The abbey church, chef-d'œuvre of the Romanic art, was the vastest of all the Westerner Christendom. The museum of art and archaeology possesses a rich concise collection. Besides the abbey, this city, which appeared after the year one thousand is exemplary of great urban growth at the middle - age with an exceptional patrimony consisting of numerous houses of the XII and XIV-th and of a remarkable Hotel-god
The Regional equestrian pole, consisting of a National Stud farm, of a racecourse and of equestrian equipments contributes to the dynamism of the city.
Cluny, the smallest university town with the ENSAM, remains a cultural home through a dense program of demonstrations and quality.

QUALITY AND ART OF LIVING....
sprang out of the rich past of the city You will discover it either from the summit of the Tower of Cheeses offering a magnificent panorama, or by going through the streets which are proud of protecting the greatest number of the Romanic houses in France. They take a snatch elegantly protecting the very present tracks of their history. You will visit naturally the vestiges of the Abbey church, the municipal Museum Ochier, considered as the greatest Romanic concise collection of Europe. Other centres of interest will not fail to fascinate you as the famous National Stud farm, based under Napoleon, contributing to the fame of Cluny, city of the Horse.
Art of living is the peace and sweetness of a town that knows how to receive: tables of quality whether they are simple «style rustic eating house «or prestigious. Different possibilities of residence are proposed to you: hotels from 1 to 3 stars. Economical Cluny - stay, guest houses, rural shelters and 3 stars camp site