Cultural Corridors of South East Europe

Europe

The Cluniac Sites in Europe (Monastic influence)



The Cluniac Sites in Europe  (Monastic influence)

The theme was integrated into the Council of Europe programme in 2004 and the route is awarded certification as a “Cultural Route of the Council of Europe” in June 2006 within the Monastic Influence Routes theme.
The Federation of the Cluniac Sites is structured as a whole in eight transnational and trans-regional thematic routes that illustrate according to the historical periods, personages and renown Europeans the structure of the territory of contemporary West Europe in which region the Cluny abbey is situated, the major religious order of the continent from 10th to 13th century.
 

European Institute of Cultural Routes
Photo: Abbatiale de Romainmotier; © Commune de Romainmotier