Many can claim it but not all will be selected.
The European Cluniac sites are now in the race to appear on the list which will be presented to Unesco by the federation which brings them together, with a view to applying for membership in the heritage of humanity.
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In Souvigny, in Allier, this prospect was greeted with fervor.
The priory, a major site because the eldest daughter of Cluny and also the necropolis of the Bourbons, has embarked on a vast restoration program.
And she intends to climb the stages of the path (sometimes of the cross) which will lead to the submission of candidacy to promote her projects.
“We know that the process is long, around ten years, but Souvigny will make the most of its key strengths.
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Laurent Poirier, regional delegate of the Heritage Foundation
In this sense, an agreement was signed last Tuesday by the Municipality (which has 2,000 inhabitants), the diocese of Moulins and the Heritage Foundation.
“We know that the process is long, around ten years, but Souvigny will make the most of its key strengths.
It is a site which has been little modified over the centuries, with a church of ...
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