Royal Monastery of Brou

The Royal Monastery of Brou is a religious complex located at Bourg-en-Bresse in the Ain department, central France. It is composed of monastic buildings and a church, which were built at the beginning of the 16th century by Margaret of Austria, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I.
The church was built between 1506 and 1532 in a flamboyant Gothic style. The tall roof is covered in coloured, glazed tiles. Margaret, her third husband Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, and his mother, Margaret of Bourbon, are all buried in tombs within the church.
The monastery is the property of the town of Bourg-in-Bresse, which installed the municipal art collection in the buildings in 1922. The museum presents religious statues of the 13th to 17th century on the ground floor, and a collection of paintings of the 16th to the 20th century on the upper floor.
The church and monastery have been classed as a monument historique since 1862. The buildings are in the care of the French state, and are managed by the Centre des monuments nationaux.
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Category:Christian monasteries in France
Category:Buildings and structures in Ain
Category:16th-century architecture
Category:Official historical monuments of France