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Azulejos, Monastery of Sao Vicente de Fora, Lisbon, Portugal

The bear and the gardener, with the bear about to kill the fly and man with a rock, from the fables of La Fontaine, traditional blue and white azulejos tile scene, 18th century, in the cloister of the Monastery of Sao Vicente de Fora, an Augustinian order monastery and church built in the 17th century in Mannerist style, Lisbon, Portugal. The monastery also contains the royal pantheon of the Braganza monarchs of Portugal. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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The bear and the gardener, with the bear about to kill the fly and man with a rock, from the fables of La Fontaine, traditional blue and white azulejos tile scene, 18th century, in the cloister of the Monastery of Sao Vicente de Fora, an Augustinian order monastery and church built in the 17th century in Mannerist style, Lisbon, Portugal. The monastery also contains the royal pantheon of the Braganza monarchs of Portugal. Picture by Manuel Cohen