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Monastère Royal de Brou Frommer's Highly Recommended

63 bd. de Brou, Bourg-en-Bresse

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Hours Mid-June to mid-Sept daily 9am-6pm; Apr to mid-June daily 9am-12:30pm and 2-6pm; Mid-Sept to Mar daily 9am-noon and 2-5pm
Phone 04-74-22-83-83
Prices Admission to church, cloisters, and museum 6.50€ adults, 4.50€ students, free for children 17 and under
Closed Closed Jan 1, May 1, Nov 1 and 11, and Dec 25

Review of Monastère Royal de Brou

Art lovers will want to stop at the Eglise de Brou to see its magnificent royal tombs. One of the great artistic treasures of France, this Flamboyant Gothic monastery was built between 1506 and 1532 (the three cloisters btw. 1506 and 1512, the church btw. 1513 and 1532) for Margaret of Austria, the ill-fated daughter of Emperor Maximilian. Over the ornate Renaissance doorway, the tympanum depicts Margaret and her "handsome duke," Philibert, who died when he caught a cold on a hunting expedition. The nave and its double aisles are admirable. Look for the ornate rood screen, decorated with basket-handle arching. Ask a guide for a tour of the choir, which is rich in decorative detail; Flemish sculptors and local craftsmen made the 74 choir stalls of oak in just 2 years.

The tombs are the church's treasure. The Carrara marble statues are of Philibert and Margaret. Another tomb is that of Marguerite de Bourbon, mother of Philibert and grandmother of François I, who died in 1483. See also the stained-glass windows inspired by a Dürer engraving and an alabaster retable (altarpiece) depicting The Seven Joys of the Madonna. The monastery sometimes mounts expositions of modern art.

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