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Show NavigationCapital, Cloister, Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France
Carved stone capital with local flora and fauna, and female figure possibly Eve, in the Cloister, 1250-71, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Cloister is in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble, carved with local flora and fauna, allegorical subjects and liturgical scenes. 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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