Cluny Abbey.

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Cluny Abbey III. 

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English: Source: This image is taken from Georg Dehio/Gustav von Bezold: Kirchliche Baukunst des Abendlandes. Stuttgart: Verlag der Cotta'schen Buchhandlung 1887-1901, Plate No. 212. Due to its age, it is to be used with care. It may not reflect the latest knowledge or the current state of the depicted structure.

Deutsch: Quelle: Diese Abbildung stammt aus Georg Dehio/Gustav von Bezold: Kirchliche Baukunst des Abendlandes. Stuttgart: Verlag der Cotta'schen Buchhandlung 1887-1901, Tafel 212. Aufgrund ihres Alters ist sie mit Vorsicht zu benutzen. Sie entspricht nicht notwendigerweise dem neuesten Wissensstand oder dem aktuellen Zustand des abgebildeten Gebäudes.

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Cluny Abbey (or Cluni, or Clugny) is a 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 A.D. 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 Saint 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. Only a small part of the original remains.

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