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Chapter House, The Met Cloisters, New York, USA

Chapter House from Notre-Dame-de-Pontaut abbey, France, 12th century, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The chapter house features Romanesque characteristics such as rounded arches, thick walls, small windows and heavy rib vaults. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Chapter House from Notre-Dame-de-Pontaut abbey, France, 12th century, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The chapter house features Romanesque characteristics such as rounded arches, thick walls, small windows and heavy rib vaults. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen