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Cloister, Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France

Cloister, 1250-71, in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble, carved with local flora and fauna, allegorical subjects and liturgical scenes, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Benedictine monastery was founded 778-80 by abbot Sentimirus, rebuilt in the 10th century and sacked in the French Revolution. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Cloister, 1250-71, in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble, carved with local flora and fauna, allegorical subjects and liturgical scenes, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Benedictine monastery was founded 778-80 by abbot Sentimirus, rebuilt in the 10th century and sacked in the French Revolution. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen