Cluny
Sign in to saveCluny () is a commune in the eastern French department of Saône-et-Loire, in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is northwest of Mâcon.
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Cluny is a small town located in eastern France, in the Saône-et-Loire department within the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It sits northwest of the city of Mâcon.
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- Locality
- Cluny
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Population
- 4,581
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Cluny () is a commune in the eastern French department of Saône-et-Loire, in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is northwest of Mâcon.
The town grew up around the Benedictine Abbey of Cluny, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine in 910. The height of Cluniac influence was from the second half of the 10th century through the early 12th. The abbey was sacked by the Huguenots in 1562, and many of its valuable manuscripts were destroyed or removed. Part of the abbey church and monastic buildings survived destruction as a result of the French Revolution.