On Thursday we drove to Cluny to see the Cluny Abbey, or what’s left of it. The Abbey church was the largest church in Christendom up to the 16th century, only to be surpassed by Saint Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. All that remains of the church now is the south transept, the cloisters, part of the south wall and part of the entry portal. From the height of the nave and the footprint of the abbey church, we could visualise the immenseness of this church. On Friday, we drove to Vezelay. On the way we stopped at Autun for a couple of hours. We visited the Cathedral and the remains of a Roman amphitheatre. We then proceeded on and arrived at Vezelay. Vezelay is dominated by the
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