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Villages in the Cluny area
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Welcome to the region of Cluny, a community of 26 villages.
cOrientation and
distance of Cluny
Bergesserin
Cluniac
sites
12 km south
Places to see,
accommodation
Perched at an altitude of between 400 and
550 metres, this village, with its landscape of
copses and forests, is home to a 12 th century
Romanesque church, with a bell tower classified
as a “Historic Monument” as well as a former
sanatorium.
On this ancient Gallo-Roman site, in the 11th century the monks of Cluny
founded a priory which, although it was never a deanery, still played
an essential role in management of the land along the road from Cluny
to Brancion. Today the 11th century Saint Martin’s church and certain
elements of the priory (private) remain. On Mont Saint Romain (580m)
there is an orientation table with views across to the Alps and the Jura
Mountains and westwards to the Monts du Charolais and the Morvan).
See also: old washhouses, bread oven, flagstone roofs, galleried
houses, dry stone walls, Merovingian tombs from the 6th and 7th c
13 km southeast
Berzé-le-Châtel
This village is built around an extremely well
preserved imposing feudal castle. At the
junction between the Cluny region and the
Lamartinien Valley heading towards Mâcon,
Berzé le Châtel is located on a rocky peak that
dominates the Mâcon hills, with a fantastic
view over the rocks of Vergisson and Solutré.
Varied heritage: Houses typical of the region
with their Mâcon-style galleries, Thinons castle.
Castle (see. page 20).
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Circuit des croix (9 km), circuit des châteaux (4km).
11 km east
Blanot
centuries.
Acrobath see. page 27.
Forêts et bocage (7km).
Art crafts, wineries, local products , hotel-restaurant, inn, self-catering cottages and bed and
breakfast.
Le Bois de la roche (8,5 km), les sources sauvages (8km), de village en hameaux (10 km).
VISIT AND DISCOVER THE CLUNY AREA
Marked hiking trails «balades
vertes»
See page 25.
Bed and breakfast, self-catering cottages, local products.
Romanesque church (west: 12th c
12 km northeast
Bray
century, apse from
around the year one thousand, bell tower from 1827),
columns and capitals at the entrance to the choir listed
on the additional Inventory of Historic Monuments in 1932.
Several buildings bear witness to the Cluniac heritage:
the Chapel of Saint-Jean du Bois (known at the Coureau
Chapel), which is an integral part of a deanery-hermitage
as well as the Malaise estate, an old rural priory which
was a dependency of Cluny Abbey.
A witness to 10 centuries of social and religious life, today the
church is known as Saint Denis, feast day 9th October. It was
very probably built in three stages from the beginning of the 11th century through to the start of the 13th . The bell tower and apse
in Romanesque style are the oldest sections, whereas the nave
with its pointed barrel vaulting is Gothic style. The 19th Wineries, self-catering cottages and bed and breakfast.
cCircuit de la pierre balancin (7 km), des grands buissons à la buissonnée par la forêt domaniale
de Gousseau (10 km).
Buffières
13 km west
century saw
the building of the sacristy (1831) and the addition of collaterals
(1845-1846) giving the building its final, current appearance.
Art craft, bed and breakfast and selg-catering cottages.
To the east is the Plateau de Roche where the remains
of an old windmill are still visible. The church bell tower
is a former castle tower and affords a pretty view. Three
washhouses are still inexistence. See also the presbytery
(9th century), 5 stone crosses (18th century), 1 cast iron
cross (at the entrance to the village cemetery), the old
girls’ school (1880), the fountains (19th century), a water
mill (18th century), Borde castle (private) and its estate
(19th c
Circuit du bois de la garde (9,2 km), circuit de la gagère (6,3 km), circuit de la lienne (9 km).
7 km west
Château
century)....
Les forêts (6,6 km), les crêtes (7 km), la campagne (9,5 km), les belvédères (5,4 km).
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