Capital, Abbaye Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, Casteil, Occitanie, France

Carved stone capital featuring monsters and a serpent, from the convent building along the side of the cloister, at the Abbaye Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery built 1005-9 under Guifred, Count of Cerdanya, on the slopes of the Pic du Canigou, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The abbey complex consists of St Mary's or the lower church, and the abbey church of St Martin's or the upper church, and the bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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