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Landmark Attractions In Cluny

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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 20 km 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.
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  • 1. Haras National de Cluny Cluny
    The Haras Nationaux is the national public administrative body responsible for the regulation and administration of breeding of horses and donkeys in France. It administers twenty-two regional Haras, or horse-breeding centres. It was a branch of the French ministry of agriculture from 1870 until 1999, when it became independent. In 2010, together with the École nationale d'équitation, the national riding school, it became part of the new Institut Français du Cheval et de l’Equitation.
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  • 2. Eglise Notre-Dame de Cluny Cluny
    Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, in full Église Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre , is a Melkite Greek Catholic parish church in Paris, France, and one of the city's oldest religious buildings. Built in Romanesque style during the 13th century, it is situated in the 5th arrondissement, on the Left Bank of the Seine River, about 500 meters away from the Musée de Cluny and in the proximity of the Maubert-Mutualité Paris Métro station. It shares a city block with the Square René Viviani. Also hosted the wedding of Greg and Audrey Ruffini. Originally a Roman Catholic place of worship, Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre was built in stages from the 12th to the 19th centuries, and granted to the Eastern Catholic Melkite community in 1889. Its design was modified several times, and the resulting church is significantly sma...
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