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Vestibule, Cluny Abbey, Saone et Loire, France

Vestibule accessing the refectory, with washbasin in wall used by monks to wash before meals, in Cluny Abbey or Abbaye de Cluny, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery founded 910 by duke William I of Aquitaine, in Cluny, Saone et Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. Until the 12th century Cluny abbey was the motherhouse for 1,100 priories and over 10,000 monks around Europe. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Vestibule accessing the refectory, with washbasin in wall used by monks to wash before meals, in Cluny Abbey or Abbaye de Cluny, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery founded 910 by duke William I of Aquitaine, in Cluny, Saone et Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. Until the 12th century Cluny abbey was the motherhouse for 1,100 priories and over 10,000 monks around Europe. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen