The abbey's flamboyant Gothic chapel gets a makeover!

Following on from the restoration of Cluny Abbey's Petit Transept, carried out between 2008 and 2010, this 2.3 million euro restoration and enhancement project restores this flamboyant Gothic gem to its original splendor.

Visitors will be able to rediscover the sublimely restored chapel from July 6, 2023.

The Jean de Bourbon chapel bears the name of the abbot who had it built between 1456 and 1485 as his funeral chapel. The remarkable flamboyant Gothic sculptural decoration includes consoles representing the prophets of the Old Testament.

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His project, entitled "Rain, with the colors of the rainbow, echoes in the chapel", includes a set of stained glass windows for the chapel's five bays and two altars . The polychrome stained-glass windows replace the white glass that had been installed in place of the original stained-glass windows, which had disappeared, preventing the architectural ensemble from being fully appreciated. The stained-glass windows, studded with drops (the artist's fingerprints) evoking rainbow-colored rain, help to give the chapel a colorful, sumptuous atmosphere.

Archaeological excavations in 2022 revealed the location and dimensions of two Gothic altars that no longer exist. To further enhance the chapel, Sarkis has designed two installations representing altars that will take their place in the locations of the original liturgical furnishings.