Small transept - Cluny Abbey - heading from the grand transept

A visit to Cluny Abbey, the visit would take around an hour.

Cluny Abbey (or Cluni, or Clugny, French pronunciation: [klyni]) is a former Benedictine monastery in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France. It was dedicated to St Peter. The abbey was constructed in the Romanesque architectural style, with three churches built in succession from the 4th to the early 12th centuries. The earliest basilica was the world's largest church until the St. Peter's Basilica construction began in Rome.

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 the Rule 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 Cluny maintained 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 2007 the Abbey of Cluny was the first site to receive the "European Heritage" label.

The small transept / Petit transept.

The recently restored south arm of the small transept. This space marked a final transition before the ambulatory of the abbey church. Narrower and less tall than the grand transept, with it's now refurbished barrel vault, it served the chapels of Saint Denis, Saint Leodegar and, at the very end, the chapel dedicated to Saint Eutropius. The latter was rebuilt in the 15th century by Jean de Bourbon; moreover, the restoration of the small transept allowed the sculpted frame of it's Gothic entrance to be revealed.

Heading between the grand transept and the small transept.

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Taken in: France / Bourgogne / Cluny (show map)

Taken on: June 5, 2017

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