Cluny Abbey
abbey located in Saône-et-Loire, in France
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Summary
Cluny Abbey is an abbey[1]. It ranks in the top 0.18% of abbey entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,832 views/month, #1 of 550).[2]
Key Facts
- Award received: label Tourisme et Handicap[3], European Heritage Label[4]
- Religion or worldview: Catholicism[5]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Cluny[6]
- Country: France[7]
- Instance of: benedictine abbey[8], religious community[9], hospital[10], building complex[11]
- Architectural style: Romanesque architecture[12]
- Headquarters location: Cluny[13]
- Commons category: Abbaye de Cluny[14]
- Has part(s): Église abbatiale de Cluny[15], Chapelle Jean de Bourbon of Abbaye de Cluny[16]
- Inception: September 2, 909[17], 910[18]
- Religious order: Benedictines[19], Order of Cluny[20]
- Diocese: Roman Catholic Diocese of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny)[21]
- Official website: http://www.cluny-abbaye.fr/en/[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Abbaye de Cluny[23]
- Has facility: sleeping dormitory[24]
- Commons gallery: Abbaye de Cluny[25]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[28], Hospitalbauten in Europa aus zehn Jahrhunderten[29], Das europäische Hospital[30]
- Heritage designation: classified historical monument[31]
- Native label: Cluny[32]
- Category for people buried here: Category:Burials at Cluny Abbey[33]
- Owner of: Château de Gevrey-Chambertin[34]
- Position held by head of the organization: Abbot of Cluny[35]
- Street address: rue du 11-Août[36]
- Has works in the collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France[37]
- Category for the interior of the item: Category:Interior of Abbaye de Cluny[38]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Cluny Abbey include Cluniac Reforms[39].
Why It Matters
Cluny Abbey has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for it include Cluniac Reforms[39].
FAQs
What awards did Cluny Abbey receive?
Honors received include label Tourisme et Handicap[3] and European Heritage Label[4].