Burning bush and sea of ice, scenes of torture in Purgatory, detail from the monumental polychrome Gothic altarpiece, late 14th century, in the Chapelle Notre-Dame de Bethleem, in the Cathedrale Saint-Just-et-Saint-Pasteur de Narbonne, or Narbonne cathedral, begun 1272 in Gothic style, and remaining unfinished, Narbonne, Aude, Occitania, France. The altarpiece contains scenes from the life of Christ, saints and prophets, and in the lower register, scenes from hell, purgatory and limbo. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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