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Show NavigationFrieze, Musee Ochier, Cluny Abbey, Saone et Loire, France
Frieze fragments from the front nave of the Cluny III abbey church, 12th century, in the Musee Ochier, or Musee d’Art et d’Archeologie, housing sculptures from the abbey, in the Jean de Bourbon Palace, built c. 1560, at 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. The 9m long frieze consists of 34 medallions attached with metal links, carved with foliage and fantastic creatures. The museum was founded in 1866 and renovated in 1988. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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