Capital, Cloitre d'Elne, Occitanie, France

Magi warned in a dream by an angel, Gothic capital, 14th century, in the east gallery of the Cloitre d'Elne, built 12th - 14th centuries, at the Cathedrale Sainte-Eulalie-et-Sainte-Julie d'Elne, an 11th century catalan Romanesque cathedral in Elne, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The magi are sleeping in one bed when the angel warns them to avoid Herod in their journey to Bethlehem. The cloister was originally the residence of the cathedral's canons, and features Romanesque and Gothic sculptures and capitals, depicting biblical figures, animals and plants. The cathedral and its cloister are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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LC20_FRANCE_MC_0626.jpg

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Manuel Cohen

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