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  • 6/12/2025
Cluny Abbey – The Medieval Marvel That Ruled Europe ⛪✨
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Once the largest church in Europe, Cluny Abbey was the beating heart of medieval monastic life. Discover its incredible legacy—from power and reform to ruin—in just 60 seconds. Follow News Plus Globe for more fast history!

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00:00Hello and welcome to News Plus Globe. Today we're stepping back to the Middle Ages to explore
00:05Cluny Abbey, once the tallest and most influential church in Europe. Founded in 910 AD in Burgundy,
00:14France, by Duke William I of Aquitaine, Cluny became the heart of a powerful monastic reform
00:20movement. At its peak, the abbey controlled over 1,000 monasteries, influencing religious life
00:28from Spain to Hungary. Its architectural feat? A massive Romanesque church, bigger than Notre Dame
00:34and the largest in Christendom before St. Peter's in Rome. Inside, monks live by the rule of prayer,
00:41study, and hospitality, setting standards that shaped Western monasticism. Its fame faded after
00:48the French Revolution, and it was largely destroyed. But today, visitors can still walk its majestic
00:54ruins. Cluny reminds us how art, faith, and reform once reshaped Europe, centuries before the modern
01:02world emerged. Follow News Plus Globe for more amazing stories from history, explained in just 60 seconds.

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