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=Cluny Abbey =  = = =Adress: Palais Jean de Bourbon, F-71250 Cluny = =Coordinates: 46.433598° N, 4.660177° E =


 * =Founded in 910 by the **Benedictine Monks** =
 * = **It was the center of a monastic movement.** =
 * = **Built on a hunting preserve donated by William the Pious.** =
 * = **William had the monk only pray for his soul.** =
 * =** Cluny was the start of monasteries being connected formally. **=
 * =** Head of the monastic "Empire" of 10,000 monks ** . =
 * [[image:http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/images/abbeys/cluny/resized/xti_1648c.jpg caption="Abbey of Cluny"]]
 * ** Cluny's success came from it's abbots. (two were canonized Obo of Cluny and Hugh of Cluny) **
 * ** Cluny was partly destroyed during the French revolution because many monks with the old French government. **
 * ** Was sold as national property and is used as a stone Quarry. **

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