manuel cohen

Cathedral of San Salvador, Avila, Spain

Retrochoir with Tomb of Alonso Fernandez de Madrigal (1410-55), Bishop of Avila, known as El Tostado, Avila Cathedral, 12th-14th centuries, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain, with elaborate alabaster relief sculpture and soaring columns. Begun, 1095, in Romanesque style with fortifications, the style later switched to Gothic. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Contained in galleries: Castile and Leon (Segovia, Avila), Spain

Retrochoir with Tomb of Alonso Fernandez de Madrigal (1410-55), Bishop of Avila, known as El Tostado, Avila Cathedral, 12th-14th centuries, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain, with elaborate alabaster relief sculpture and soaring columns. Begun, 1095, in Romanesque style with fortifications, the style later switched to Gothic. Picture by Manuel Cohen