Porch, Eglise Saint-Ours, Loches, Indre-et-Loire, France

Fantastic creatures, polychrome sculpture on the archivolts of the porch, 12th century, Romanesque, in the narthex of the collegiate Eglise Saint-Ours, at the Chateau de Loches, built from 1013 by Foulques Nerra, count of Anjou, at the Cite Royale de Loches, Indre-et-Loire, France. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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LC23_FRANCE_MC_0543.jpg

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© Manuel Cohen

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