The Benedictine Abbey of Cluny, founded in 910 CE, was the center of a major monastic movement in the Middle Ages. However, by the time of the French Revolution the monks of Cluny were so thoroughly identified with the Ancien Régime that the order was suppressed in France and the monastery at Cluny was partly demolished. The abbey was sold as national property and was used as a stone quarry.

Today we visited les Haras Nationaux, an Imperial Stud opened by Napoleon in 1806. The stud stables stand in what was once the choir and apse of the Abbey and were built out of the Abbey stones.

Cluny on market day was buzzing with people. The sun shone and it was a great day to celebrate Boro’s promotion back to the premiership. Fantastique!