Cluny Abbey
The remains of a Benedictine abbey that once led a network of monasteries across Western Europe. Its great church was the largest in Christendom until St Peter's in Rome was rebuilt, and a soaring fragment of its transept still stands over the town.
- Where
- Cluny, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 46.4341, 4.6592
Get the Cluny Abbey stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Cluny Abbey. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Bourgogne-Franche-Comté volume with your photos and a note.
Near Cluny Abbey
Hospices de Beaune 67 km
A hospital for the poor founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, and now a museum. Its courtyard roofs of glazed tiles in coloured geometric patterns have become the emblem of Burgundy, and the wines from its vineyards are sold each November at a charity auction.
Parc de la Tête d'Or 74 km
Lyon's largest park, about 117 hectares in the 6th arrondissement, with a lake for boating in summer and the city's botanical garden. Joggers and cyclists circle it all year, and a small zoo sits among its lawns.
Vieux Lyon 76 km
One of Europe's largest Renaissance quarters, 24 hectares of old streets between Fourvière hill and the Saône. Its three parts, Saint Jean, Saint Paul and Saint Georges, are threaded with traboules, covered passages that cut through the buildings from one street to the next.
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière 76 km
A white basilica built between 1872 and 1896 on the hill above Lyon, on the site of the old Roman forum that gave the hill its name. Inside, the walls glitter with mosaics, and the terrace beside it looks out over the whole city.
Musée des Confluences 79 km
A science and anthropology museum opened in 2014 at the point where the Rhône and the Saône meet. The building is a cloud of steel and glass that seems to float over the water, with collections ranging from natural history to human societies.
Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 108 km
A royal saltworks built under Louis XVI and designed by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux as a semicircle of stone buildings around the director's house. It was meant as the heart of an ideal town, and is one of the first great works of industrial architecture.
CERN 109 km
The largest particle physics laboratory in the world, set up in 1954 at Meyrin on the edge of Geneva, right on the French border. The World Wide Web was invented here, and its Science Gateway and the wooden Globe of Science and Innovation are open to visitors.
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum 116 km
A museum set into the hillside across from the Palace of Nations, beside the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross. It tells the story of humanitarian work, and is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Questions
Where is Cluny Abbey?
Cluny Abbey is in Cluny, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Hospices de Beaune (67 km), Parc de la Tête d'Or (74 km), Vieux Lyon (76 km).
How do I get the Cluny Abbey stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Cluny Abbey and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bourgogne-Franche-Comté volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Cluny Abbey before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Bourgogne-Franche-Comté volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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