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Cluny Museum Description

(Local Name: Musée National du Moyen Age-Thermes de Cluny) The former Hôtel de Cluny, now a museum of medieval art and culture, stands on the site of Roman baths in Paris, the remains of which can be seen at the corner of the Boulevard Saint Michel and Boulevard Saint-Germain.

At the beginning of the 14th century the Benedictine abbey of Cluny in Burgundy acquired the site in order to build a town house for its abbots. The Hôtel de Cluny was then built between 1485 and 1510 under the direction of Abbot Jacques d'Amboise. This house, in the Flamboyant style of the Late Gothic period, and the Hôtel de Sens in the Marais are the only late medieval aristocratic mansions surviving in Paris. After frequent

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Hobbies & Activities category: Paintings, art collections; Historical museum; Manor or country house; Architecture - Medieval; Major world-scale museum; Stained glass of note; Standalone sculpture, statue or fountain

Cluny Museum Highlights

Enamels and Goldsmiths' Work

On the first floor of the Cluny Museum in Paris are enamels and goldsmiths' work of the seventh to 13th centuries, including nine of the 20 Visigothic votive crowns which were discovered near Toledo in the mid 19th century (Room XIII).

Medieval Stained Glass

On the first floor of the Cluny Museum in Paris are medieval stained glass (Room XVI) and French, Italian and Spanish ceramics. Among the most valuable items is a gilded altar frontal (11th century

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Medieval Tapestries

The museum of Cluny's medieval tapestries are among the finest in France. On the ground floor is the oldest of the tapestries, the "Offrande du Coeur", a delicate declaration of love (Flemish, 15th

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Lady with Unicorn

The greatest treasure in the collection of tapestries is the famous "Lady with the Unicorn" (Dame à la Licorne) series (15th C.), probably made in Brussels, which is displayed in a circular room of

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Late Gothic Chapel

On the walls of the Late Gothic chapel which was the abbot's oratory (Room XX) is another series of fine 15th century tapestries from Auxerre with 23 scenes from the legend of St Stephen (Etienne).

Roman Baths

Room XII in the Musée Cluny, with its massive vaulting, is part of the Roman baths. The best preserved part of the baths is the frigidarium (cold room), which is 20m/65ft long, 12m/40ft wide and 16m

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Thermes de Cluny

The impressive remains of the huge Roman bath complex, built about A.D. 200 and destroyed in 380, are in the gardens of the Musée de Cluny. They are not open to the public but can be seen from the

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Address

Musée National du Moyen Age-Thermes de Cluny
6 place Paul Painlevé
F-75005 Paris
France

http://www.musee-moyenage.fr

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