Christ carrying the Cross, Collegiate Church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais, Gisors, France

Christ carrying the Cross, meeting Veronica with her cloth and a kneeling donor, mural painting, 1561, restored 1902, in the Collegiate Church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais, built 12th to 16th centuries in Gothic and Renaissance styles, in Gisors, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. The church was consecrated in 1119 by Calixtus II but the nave was rebuilt from 1160 after a fire. The church was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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LC14_France_MC114.jpg

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© Manuel Cohen

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5344x4528 / 6.4MB

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Gisors, Normandy, France