manuel cohen

Head of Christ, Hermitage of St Anthony of Galamus, Occitanie, France

Sculpted stone head of Christ above a sator square with a tau cross, representing St Anthony, in the Hermitage of St Anthony of Galamus in the Gorges de Galamus, between Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, and Cubieres sur Cinoble, Aude, Occitanie, France. The hermitage was built in the 14th century as a place of solitude for Franciscan monks, who had originally secluded themselves in caves in the gorge walls. It was then developed further in the 19th century by Pere Marie. The gorge is about 2 miles long and 500m deep, carved by the Agly river through the limestone. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Image Size: 4725x7087 / 10.0MB; 14th century Agly Agly river Aude belief canyon catalan Catalogne du Nord Catalonha del Nord Cataluna Catalunya Catalunya del Nord cathar catholic catholicism chapel Christ christian christianity cliff color image colour image Cubieres sur Cinoble Eagle river Eastern Pyrenees Europe European face faith Fenouilledes massif France Franciscan French French Catalonia Galamus Gorges geology gorge Gorges de Galamus head heritage hermit hermitage hermitage de Saint-Antoine de Galamus Hermitage of St Anthony of Galamus history indoors inside interior Jesus La Vallee de l'Agly Languedoc Languedoc-Roussillon limestone monk mountain North Catalonia Northern Catalonia occitan Occitanie open mouth Pere Marie Perpignan pilgrimage pilgrimage site Pireneus Orientals Pirineus Orientals religion religious rock rock hewn Roussillon sacred Saint-Antoine de Galamus Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet Sant Pau de Fenolhet sculpture stone vertical Western Europe Western European
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Sculpted stone head of Christ above a sator square with a tau cross, representing St Anthony, in the Hermitage of St Anthony of Galamus in the Gorges de Galamus, between Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, and Cubieres sur Cinoble, Aude, Occitanie, France. The hermitage was built in the 14th century as a place of solitude for Franciscan monks, who had originally secluded themselves in caves in the gorge walls. It was then developed further in the 19th century by Pere Marie. The gorge is about 2 miles long and 500m deep, carved by the Agly river through the limestone. Picture by Manuel Cohen