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Independent residential building, the palace built by Father Jean de Bourbon in the second half of the fifteenth century, near the gates of honor occupies a privileged position above the site of the Abbey of Cluny. The constitution of the old collection of the museum collections is closely linked to the revolutionary events and the decree of February 13, 1790, removing religious communities. The constitution of the old collection of the museum collections is closely linked to the revolutionary events and the decree of February 13, 1790, removing religious communities. The sale of the abbey buildings by the State in 1798 led to the destruction of most of the ecclesiastical furniture, tombs and the church itself, almost destroyed in 1825. Private initiatives, relayed by a municipal commitment, then collected the remains of the monument, the first meeting in a lapidary, around eight major capitals of the choir.