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AMEUGNY
| This church , built in the 12th century,is remarkable for its square built bell tower (1100) and for its façade (1160).The main gate is beautifully proportioned and nicely decorated. On the lintel, one can read at the final line to the right “Seguin Lapifex Melei”, Seguin was the stone-cutter of Malay,this is definitely the project manager's signature; an extremely exceptional act in the Romanesque period. |
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BISSY-SOUS-UXELLES
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Hamlet of Bissy sous Uxelles,the little parochial church of the 12th century overlooks the Grosne valley. |
BONNAY
| Bonnay formely had an Romanesque church,with a herringbone pattern architecture. It was replaced by the actual church dating back to the end of the XIX th century |
BESANCEUIL
| The quaint little church dates from the first Romanesque art period (beginning of the X th century),with a apse with walled arches and a porch added in the XVI th century. See in the chancels with graffiti dating back to the time of its pillage by Protestant troops at the end of the XVI th century |
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SAINT-HYPPOLITE
| St Hippolyte was an important deanery of Cluny. This church is composed of three naves,now collapsed. It was surrounded at the end of the XII th century by a strong fortification. One can still see the bell tower built around the year 100, in the middle of the great rectangular tower that is on the top of the transept. Columns of the nave are still visible today at the entrance of a field which is situated South of the deanery porch. Notice,to the West,a rare barn of the XIII th century. History tells us that, around 1180, the Abbot of Cluny and the Lord of Brançion,who had for once agreed on something,had planned to create at St Hippolyte “The New Town” in order to replace St Gengoux that the king of France had reclaimed. There are no traces of this project. |
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BURNAND
The little church , that dates back to the middle of the XI th century, contains a round apse with walled arches. Notice the dome reinforced by arches holding the bell tower and its murals of the XII th and XIII th centuries.
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SAINT-MARTIN-DE-CROIX
(hamlet of Burnand).This little Romanesque church of the XII th century has a rare arched bell tower.
The round apse was built in the XV th century on a square plan.
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BURZY
This church,built by the monks of Cluny at the end of the XI th century,is situated on a little rocky spur at the bottom of which one can see a cave. One can admire four stained glass windows created/done by Marguerite HURE; They represent The Good Shepherd,St Foy,The Blessed Virgin and baby Jesus.
The circular apse, at the foot of the big bell tower,contains two flying buttresses going down to the ground (XI th /XII th centuries).
The Romanesque church with the old priory,which is now the vicarage, and the pond make a very nice setting.
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CHAPAIZE
This masterpiece of the early Romanesque architecture was the novitiate for St Pierre's Abbey in Chalon.
The beautiful and tall tower bell overlooks a vast clearing where the priory and the village were built. Its sloping basis and its decoration in walled arches make of this church an exceptional edifice. The three naves and their huge cylindrical columns are similar to those in St Philibert Abbey in Tournus.
This church is the best illustration today of Cluny II, now disappeared. |
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LANCHARRE
| (hamlet of Chapaize). What is left of the priorale church of “ Dames de Lancharre” are the transept and the apse (XI th/ XII th centuries).The three naves were demolished when the nuns took refuge in Chalon in 1626.
Inside,exceptional engraved tombstones from the XIII th / XV th century have been kept. Some ruins of the priory still remain. |
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CHISSEY-LES-MACON
The church , rebuilt in the XIX th century,has kept its bell tower spire in stone and the beautiful vault of the apse.
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LYS
| In this little hamlet of Chissey lès Macon, one can notice the little Romanesque church dating from 1050.The apse and the bell tower were modified afterwards. Murals decorate the vault. |
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CORMATIN
The church contains three rare paintings :
-”Vierge de Piété”/”Virgin Mary of Piety” oil on wood of the XV th century
-“Vierge et l'enfant avec St Anne”/ “Virgin Mary with child and St Ann”, panel on wood French school (beginning of the XVI th century.) -”Lamentations sur le corps du Christ”/”Lamentations over the body of Christ”, oil on wood of the XVII th century.
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CHAZELLES
| (hamlet of Cormatin). The church belongs to the Domain of the Abbey of Cluny and dates back to the beginning of the XII th century. Notice its slender bell tower, of great elegance, in light grey stones, and inside, at the threshold of the great door, an engraved tombstone of a monk of Cluny. |
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CORTEVAIX
| Cortevaix only has from the Romanesque period a few walls of the church of Confrançon (XII th century),now transformed into a house. |
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CURTIL-SOUS-BURNAND
| This church is the witness to the continued influence of Romanesque architecture. It was built in the course of the XII th century. |
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MALAY
This village was a priory of Cluny. The church is of two periods : The chancel and the transept date from around 1100 and the naves and the bell tower date from around 1150.
Inside,in the apse and transept,there is a great feeling of space.
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OUGY
(hamlet of Malay). The remarkable church of the beginning of the XII th century, has possibly been influenced by the Cisterian Abbey of La Ferté.
A vaulted nave, a very simple apse, an elegant bell tower spire in stone make up this edifice.
Inside, very precious paintings from the end of the XIIth century are to be seen. One can notice St Philibert's Medaillon ; unique proof of the work of a painting workshop of the abbey of Cluny, a more recent workshop than the one in the Chapelle aux Moines.
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PASSY
The little church of Passy is topped by with a grey sandstone bell tower pierced with three see-through arches on thin small columns),dating from the beginning of the XII th century.
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SAVIGNY-SUR-GROSNE
| The heterogeneous little church keeps in its South section some elements dating back to the second half of the XII th century. |
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SIGY-LE-CHATEL
Of the St Nicolas priory, dependant of Perrecy lès Forges,only the 3 naves and the façade ,which were built in the middle of the XII th century, remain.
The actual chancel replaces one that was larger but demolished at the same time as the bell tower.
The ancient parish church and the chapel of the church have also disappeared. |
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SAINT-HURUGE
The church,with its bell tower from the Chalonnais type with on its top lava flagstones,overlooks a walled arched apse and a very simple nave. The Gothic feudal chapel and its bell tower with arches from the XV th century have totally modified the church's aspect. |
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SAINT-YTHAIRE
| The remarkable bell tower of St Ythaire has been safeguarded when the church was re-built. It is a very meticulous construction with three see-through windows from the beginning of the XII th century. |
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TAIZE
The old Romanesque church is an interesting example of edifice building totally barrel vaulted (XII th century).
The little bell tower in stone is elegant. The façade dates from the XVIII th century.
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