Capital, Rostrum, Prieure de Serrabone, Boule-d'Amont, Occitanie, France

Lions, sculpted capital from the rostrum rood screen or tribune, 12th century, Romanesque, carved in pink marble, in the Prieure de Serrabone, or Serrabone Priory, an 11th century Romanesque Augustinian monastery in Boule-d'Amont, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The structure is rectangular and topped with a balustrade, supported by 3 arches with capitals carved with animals, plants, angels and evangelist symbols. The priory is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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