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The Musee de Cluny in Paris provides a fascinating glimpse into the medieval world of France. Famous for its exquisite tapestry, The Lady and the Unicorn, it also includes intricate carvings, medieval paintings and glittering jewellry. My favourite displays included the medieval crosses and the stained glass panels from Sainte-Chapelle.

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THE MAGICAL MUSEE DE CLUNY
by Lisa-Anne Sanderson
Imagine having a one-day museum pass in Paris, a city redolent with history and with over 100 museums, all worth visiting. This is the dilemma with which my friend and I were faced on our four day stay in Paris.
Which to choose? One day is really not enough to explore any museum in Paris fully; let alone a few of them. However we decided that the best idea was to leave one day aside wholly for visiting museums. As we had seen Paris famous, large museums - the Louvre and the Musee dOrsay, we wanted to see a smaller, more unusual museum. I had read about the tapestry, The Lady and the Unicorn, so we decided to visit this historical collection and see it for ourselves.
The ancient convent, built of wood and stone, of the Abbots of Cluny, dating from the fifteenth century, provides the perfect setting for the medieval treasures contained within. It is still possible in this almost eerie atmosphere to imagine the monks praying in this haven in the centre of a busy Paris.
The museum was constructed over the remains of Roman baths which are nearly 2000 years old, once used by the Roman emperors when they invaded in the second and third centuries.
The Musee de Cluny provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of medieval France.
We enjoyed our visit to this fascinating collection of objets d"art from the Middle Ages best of all. Here we saw intricately carved altarpieces, exquisite jewelry, armor used by knights of old and delicately woven tapestries. Grim faces from medieval paintings stared up at us on the first floor. I especially liked the room full of delicately designed, ornate crosses of all different shapes and sizes on the second floor, many encrusted with jewellery. Some of the highlights include the stunning stained-glass panels from Sainte-Chapelle, the beautiful Lady and the Unicorn tapestries and the 21 sculpted heads of the Kings of Judea in the Roman part of the museum.

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