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  • Bronze sculpture of Adam and Eve by Rolf Biebl outside the Kulturbrauerei or Culture Brewery, originally a 19th century brewery building, now a cultural and entertainment centre housing cinemas, theatres, clubs and function rooms, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at rear of figure of Eve, from a bronze sculpture of Adam and Eve by Rolf Biebl outside the Kulturbrauerei or Culture Brewery, originally a 19th century brewery building, now a cultural and entertainment centre housing cinemas, theatres, clubs and function rooms, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reflection of a bronze sculpture of Adam and Eve by Rolf Biebl in the windows of the Kulturbrauerei or Culture Brewery, originally a 19th century brewery building, now a cultural and entertainment centre housing cinemas, theatres, clubs and function rooms, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • French Architect and archeologist Jean-Pierre Adam, specialist in Ancient Architecture, at his residence in Paris on May 26, 2008. Professor at l'Ecole du Louvre, Paris, and at the Universities of Rome and Lausanne. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • French Architect and archeologist Jean-Pierre Adam, specialist in Ancient Architecture, at his residence in Paris on May 26, 2008. Professor at l'Ecole du Louvre, Paris, and at the Universities of Rome and Lausanne. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • French Architect and archeologist Jean-Pierre Adam, specialist in Ancient Architecture, at his residence in Paris on May 26, 2008. Professor at l'Ecole du Louvre, Paris, and at the Universities of Rome and Lausanne. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • French Architect and archeologist Jean-Pierre Adam, specialist in Ancient Architecture, at his residence in Paris on May 26, 2008. Professor at l'Ecole du Louvre, Paris, and at the Universities of Rome and Lausanne. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • French Architect and archeologist Jean-Pierre Adam, specialist in Ancient Architecture, at his residence in Paris on May 26, 2008. Professor at l'Ecole du Louvre, Paris, and at the Universities of Rome and Lausanne. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • French Architect and archeologist Jean-Pierre Adam, specialist in Ancient Architecture, at his residence in Paris on May 26, 2008. Professor at l'Ecole du Louvre, Paris, and at the Universities of Rome and Lausanne. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • French Architect and archeologist Jean-Pierre Adam, specialist in Ancient Architecture, at his residence in Paris on May 26, 2008. Professor at l'Ecole du Louvre, Paris, and at the Universities of Rome and Lausanne. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • French Architect and archeologist Jean-Pierre Adam, specialist in Ancient Architecture, at his residence in Paris on May 26, 2008. Professor at l'Ecole du Louvre, Paris, and at the Universities of Rome and Lausanne. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze sculpture of Adam and Eve by Rolf Biebl outside the Kulturbrauerei or Culture Brewery, originally a 19th century brewery building, now a cultural and entertainment centre housing cinemas, theatres, clubs and function rooms, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • French Architect and archeologist Jean-Pierre Adam, specialist in Ancient Architecture, at his residence in Paris on May 26, 2008. Professor at l'Ecole du Louvre, Paris, and at the Universities of Rome and Lausanne. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • French Architect and archeologist Jean-Pierre Adam, specialist in Ancient Architecture, at his residence in Paris on May 26, 2008. Professor at l'Ecole du Louvre, Paris, and at the Universities of Rome and Lausanne. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve with the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, high relief, marble, detail from 1 of 2 holy water fonts, 1462-63, by Antonio Federighi, 1420-83, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the Rose window of the North transept, c. 1240, with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, with the apple tree and serpent, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims or Reims Cathedral, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The cathedral was built 1211-75 in French Gothic style with work continuing into the 14th century, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Creation of Adam, Romanesque capital, 13th century, in the west 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. Adam is depicted with his lower legs still encased in the earth from which God made him. <br />
Their faces are almost identical, as Adam was made in God's image. 2 large birds fame the scene. 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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  • Creation of Adam and Adam at the gate of paradise, fresco from the apse of Sant Sadurní d'Osormort, by the Master of Osomort, Vic workshops, mid 12th century, Romanesque tempera paint on plaster, transferred to canvas, from the Church of Sant Sadurni d'Osormort, Osona, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve hiding their nudity in the Garden of Eden, with the serpent coiling around a double trunked tree, Romanesque capital, late 12th century, in the south 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. On the right is the Creation of Adam. 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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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the upper north side of the nave and depicts the Original Sin of Adam and Eve. Eve gives the apple to Adam, and the serpent is intertwined with the branches of the tree. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the upper north side of the nave and depicts the Original Sin of Adam and Eve. Eve gives the apple to Adam, and the serpent is intertwined with the branches of the tree. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve chased from Paradise, detail, stone relief on the arches at the entrance to the Salle Capitulaire or Chapter House from the cloister, covered with carvings, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve chased from Paradise, detail, stone relief on the arches at the entrance to the Salle Capitulaire or Chapter House from the cloister, covered with carvings, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hexagonal panel with carved relief representing Adam and Eve working after the Fall, by Andrea Pisano, 1334-36, on Giotto's campanile, a freestanding bell tower in Florentine Gothic style designed by Giotto di Bondone, c. 1267-1337, on the Piazza del Duomo next to the Duomo, or Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, built 1296-1436, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve chased from Paradise, stone relief on the arches at the entrance to the Salle Capitulaire or Chapter House from the cloister, covered with carvings, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve with the forbidden fruit, fresco from the apse of Sant Sadurní d'Osormort, by the Master of Osomort, Vic workshops, mid 12th century, Romanesque tempera paint on plaster, transferred to canvas, from the Church of Sant Sadurni d'Osormort, Osona, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Expulsion of Adam and Eve, detail from the Guimera altarpiece, 1402-12, by Ramon de Mur, Gothic tempera painting on wood, from the Church of Santa Maria de Guimera, Urgell, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. The altarpiece measures 7x5m and is in International Gothic style, with highly contrasting colours. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve chased from Paradise, stone relief on the arches at the entrance to the Salle Capitulaire or Chapter House from the cloister, covered with carvings, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Creation of land animals and the Creation of Adam, mosaic, 1140-70, on the South wall of the nave, in the Palatine Chapel or Cappella Palatina, the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The chapel was built for Roger II of Sicily in 1132 and consecrated in 1143, and is decorated with Byzantine mosaics. It has a sanctuary dedicated to St Peter and muqarnas in the nave ceiling, being a marriage of Norman, Byzantine and Islamic Fatimid architectural styles. The chapel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Choix, or the Choice (the Lovers), card no.. 6, sculpture in Il Giardino dei Tarocchi, a sculpture garden by Niki de Saint Phalle, 1930-2002, based on the esoteric tarot, at Pescia Fiorentina, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. Adam and Eve represent the lovers, and the right and wrong choices they can make. Niki de Saint Phalle begun the project in 1979 and it opened in 1998, holding 22 monumental sculptures of the Greater Mysteries of the tarot. The sculptures are made from concrete and covered in ceramic and mirrored mosaic pieces. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The creation of Adam, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kulturbrauerei or Culture Brewery at night, originally a 19th century brewery building, now a cultural and entertainment centre housing cinemas, theatres, clubs and function rooms, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany. Outside the entrance is a bronze sculpture of Adam and Eve by Rolf Biebl. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze sculpture of Adam and Eve by Rolf Biebl outside the Kulturbrauerei or Culture Brewery, originally a 19th century brewery building, now a cultural and entertainment centre housing cinemas, theatres, clubs and function rooms, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve chased from paradise by an angel, stone sculpture, 13th century, from a series of high relief sculptures from Reims cathedral, in the Musee du Tau in the Palais du Tau, the palace of the Archbishop of Reims, rebuilt 1498-1509 and modified 1671-1710, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, with the Tree of Knowledge and serpent, and acanthus leaves, impost capital, late 12th century Romanesque, from the transept of the church of Sant Miquel in the castle of Camarasa, Noguera, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, with the Tree of Knowledge and serpent, and acanthus leaves, impost capital, late 12th century Romanesque, from the transept of the church of Sant Miquel in the castle of Camarasa, Noguera, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve hiding their nudity in the Garden of Eden, with the serpent coiling around a double trunked tree, Romanesque capital, late 12th century, in the south 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 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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  • Creation of Eve from the rib of a sleeping Adam, Romanesque capital, late 12th century, in the south 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 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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  • Equestrian portrait of Louis XIV before a town, painting by Adam Francois Van der Meulen, 1632–1715, in the bedroom of Madame de Maintenon, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pope Innocent V, first Dominican pope, 1225-76, St Dominic, founder of the Dominican order, 1170-1221, Pope Benedict XI, 1240-1304, (left-right), detail from the bottom frieze of portrait medallions of Dominican genealogy, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, Fra Angelico's assistant, from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning. Above is the skull of Adam beneath Jesus' cross. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, with the forbidden fruit, the serpent and the Tree of Knowledge, detail from the Guimera altarpiece, 1402-12, by Ramon de Mur, Gothic tempera painting on wood, from the Church of Santa Maria de Guimera, Urgell, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. The altarpiece measures 7x5m and is in International Gothic style, with highly contrasting colours. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve and the original sin, sculpted stone capital, 12th century, in the Basilique Notre Dame du Port, a 12th century Romanesque basilica in the port area of Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The church is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Santiago de Compostela UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God calls Adam and Eve to account, mosaic, 1140-70, on the North wall of the nave, in the Palatine Chapel or Cappella Palatina, the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The chapel was built for Roger II of Sicily in 1132 and consecrated in 1143, and is decorated with Byzantine mosaics. It has a sanctuary dedicated to St Peter and muqarnas in the nave ceiling, being a marriage of Norman, Byzantine and Islamic Fatimid architectural styles. The chapel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God forbids Adam from eating from the Tree of Knowledge, mosaic, 1140-70, on the South wall of the nave, in the Palatine Chapel or Cappella Palatina, the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The chapel was built for Roger II of Sicily in 1132 and consecrated in 1143, and is decorated with Byzantine mosaics. It has a sanctuary dedicated to St Peter and muqarnas in the nave ceiling, being a marriage of Norman, Byzantine and Islamic Fatimid architectural styles. The chapel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, mosaic, 1140-70, in the Palatine Chapel or Cappella Palatina, the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The chapel was built for Roger II of Sicily in 1132 and consecrated in 1143, and is decorated with Byzantine mosaics. It has a sanctuary dedicated to St Peter and muqarnas in the nave ceiling, being a marriage of Norman, Byzantine and Islamic Fatimid architectural styles. The chapel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hardship of the first people, Adam and Eve, mosaic, 1140-70, in the Palatine Chapel or Cappella Palatina, the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The chapel was built for Roger II of Sicily in 1132 and consecrated in 1143, and is decorated with Byzantine mosaics. It has a sanctuary dedicated to St Peter and muqarnas in the nave ceiling, being a marriage of Norman, Byzantine and Islamic Fatimid architectural styles. The chapel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve driven from the Garden of Eden by an angel with a sword, sculptural detail from a carved capital on the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Harrowing of Hell, with Jesus descending into limbo in order to save Adam, Eve and the righteous, from the stained glass window of the Passion, 1215-25, in bay 6, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The creation of Eve, with God pulling her from the rib of Adam, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve ashamed before God, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hopi man hoeing corn planted in widely-spaced bunches, a technique which conserves water, escapes frost and protects young plants from spring wind, photograph by Adam Clark Vroman, 1901, courtesy of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. The Hopi grow over 300 varieties of corn. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A Hopi woman in Shungopavi, Arizona, weaving a plaited-style basket, photograph by Adam Clark Vroman, 1901, courtesy of the Colorado Historical Society, from the William Henry Jackson Collection, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hopi woman making pottery, possibly for sale, at Moki Pueblo, photograph probably by William Henry Jackson, c. 1875, or Adam Clark Vroman, c. 1900, courtesy of the Colorado Historical Society, William Henry Jackson Collection, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Hopi pottery declined with the arrival of metal cookware in the 19th century, but was reborn c. 1890 when the potter Nampeyo or Harmless Snake adopted ancestral styles from nearby archaeological sites. This photo might show Nampeyo as a teenager. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptural detail of Jesus in Hell offering redemption to Adam and Eve, from the altarpiece of the Virgin of the Stars, on the main altar, 1351, by an unknown artist, with Italian influence, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statues of Adam and Eve and gargoyles on the Tour de Beurre or Butter Tower, built 1485-1506, at Rouen Cathedral or the Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Rouen, built 12th century in Gothic style, with work continuing through the 13th and 14th centuries, Rouen, Normandy, France. The tower is named for its funding by donations from wealthy citizens in return for the privilege of eating butter during Lent. It is of square plan on 4 levels with an octagonal upper section. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze sculpture of Adam and Eve by Rolf Biebl outside the Kulturbrauerei or Culture Brewery, originally a 19th century brewery building, now a cultural and entertainment centre housing cinemas, theatres, clubs and function rooms, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic of a medallion with the head of Adam from the House of Farid el-Masri in the Museum of Madaba, Jordan. The museum was made up of several old houses which contained Byzantine mosaics dating from the 5th to 7th centuries. This head is in the centre of a larger floor mosaic depicting four trees laden with fruit and figures of rams, hares, birds and a lion facing a zebu. It may represent the Biblical paradise from the Book of Isaiah. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital depicts Adam et Eve and is one of the oldest in the church, possibly Carolingian. Grapes replace the traditional apple as we are in wine country. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital depicts Adam et Eve and is one of the oldest in the church, possibly Carolingian. Grapes replace the traditional apple as we are in wine country. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of bas-relief sculpture, mid 13th century, on the base of the portal of the Upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France. One of a series of reliefs illustrating scenes from the Old Testament book of Genesis. Here we see Adam preparing food for Eve who is in bed nursing a child. Each panel has a decorated curly frame with mythical beasts in the corner. Sainte Chapelle was built 1239-48 to house King Louis IX's collection of Holy Relics. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of bas-relief sculpture, mid 13th century, on the base of the portal of the Upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France. One of a series of reliefs illustrating scenes from the Old Testament book of Genesis. Here we see Adam digging the land and Eve spinning. Each panel has a decorated curly frame with mythical beasts in the corner. Sainte Chapelle was built 1239-48 to house King Louis IX's collection of Holy Relics. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Creation of Eve from the rib of a sleeping Adam, Romanesque capital, late 12th century, in the south 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 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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  • Adam and Eve hiding their nudity in the Garden of Eden, with the serpent coiling around a double trunked tree, Romanesque capital, late 12th century, in the south 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 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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  • Equestrian portrait of Louis XIV before a town, painting by Adam Francois Van der Meulen, 1632–1715, in the bedroom of Madame de Maintenon, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skull of Adam beneath Jesus' cross, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God reprimanding Adam and Eve and the expulsion from paradise, detail, Romanesque fresco, early 12th century, tempera paint on plaster transferred to canvas, from the apse of Sant Marti Sescorts, L'Esquirol, Osona, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God reprimanding Adam and Eve and the expulsion from paradise, detail, Romanesque fresco, early 12th century, tempera paint on plaster transferred to canvas, from the apse of Sant Martí Sescorts, L'Esquirol, Osona, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve with an angel, sculpted stone capital, 12th century, in the Basilique Notre Dame du Port, a 12th century Romanesque basilica in the port area of Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The church is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Santiago de Compostela UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve with an angel, sculpted stone capital, 12th century, in the Basilique Notre Dame du Port, a 12th century Romanesque basilica in the port area of Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The church is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Santiago de Compostela UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve with the serpent and the tree of knowledge, reverse of triptych Madonna Col Bambino tra angeli, Santa Dorotea y Santa Caterina d’Alessandria, or Virgin and child with angels, St Dorothy and St Catherine of Alexandria, by Jan Gossaert known as Jan Mabuse, 1478-1532, gift of Alessandro Migliaccio, prince of Malvagna, in the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God forbids Adam from eating from the Tree of Knowledge, mosaic, 1140-70, on the South wall of the nave, in the Palatine Chapel or Cappella Palatina, the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The chapel was built for Roger II of Sicily in 1132 and consecrated in 1143, and is decorated with Byzantine mosaics. It has a sanctuary dedicated to St Peter and muqarnas in the nave ceiling, being a marriage of Norman, Byzantine and Islamic Fatimid architectural styles. The chapel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God Almighty above; left, Noah's Ark, and right, Adam and Eve holding an apple branch, turning their backs on God and leaving Paradise, charcoal drawings, made 1882-91, drawn by 2 unknown men, possibly bell ringers, around the clock in the bell room of the Eglise Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Menilmontant, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Church of Our Lady of the Holy Cross of Menilmontant is a Roman catholic church built 1863-80. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God confronts Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, mosaic from the Genesis cycle in the nave of Monreale Cathedral or the Duomo di Monreale, built 1172-89 under King William II in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The cathedral interior is covered in Byzantine style glass mosaics made 12th and 13th centuries depicting biblical stories. The church is a national monument and forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God confronts Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, mosaic from the Genesis cycle in the nave of Monreale Cathedral or the Duomo di Monreale, built 1172-89 under King William II in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The cathedral interior is covered in Byzantine style glass mosaics made 12th and 13th centuries depicting biblical stories. The church is a national monument and forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve, detail of a painting representing theology by Eugene Delacroix in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, created in 1796 and housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. The 42m long library houses over 60,000 works and was decorated 1838-47 with a series of paintings by Romantic artist Eugene Delacroix, 1798-1863, who painted 5 cupolas and 2 hemicycles with allegories of philosophy, natural history, legislation, eloquence, literature, poetry and theology. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve with an angel, 1 of 6 carved panels depicting biblical scenes, originally part of the double doors of a large cabinet, in the Oak Room, c. 1800 and enlarged in 1820, in Malahide Castle, originally built in the 12th century by the Talbot family, and home to them for almost 800 years, near Malahide in County Dublin, Ireland. The room is lined with oak panels which have darkened with age, some of them intricately carved. Malahide castle is situated in a 260 acre estate, the Malahide Demesne Regional Park, and is home to the Talbot Botanical Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, sculptural detail of a carved capital from the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve driven from the Garden of Eden by an angel with a sword, sculptural detail from a carved capital on the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God confounds Adam and Eve and turns them out of the Garden of Eden, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve eating 3 of the forbidden fruit, and the serpent, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God making Adam master over the animals,<br />
from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God forbidding Adam and Eve to taste the tree of knowledge of good and evil (the forbidden fruit), from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 2 young women at the Tewa-Hopi village of Hano, Arizona, grinding corn with mans and metates, photograph by Adam Clark Vroman, 1895, courtesy of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, from the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. The hairstyle of the woman on the right suggests this scene is a Hopi coming of age ceremony which includes 3 days of corn grinding. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hopi man weaving an indigo (a blue wool manta or woman’s dress), in Oraibi, Arizona, with a blanket made from rabbit fur strips hanging on the wall on the right, an ancient technique found in Four Corners archaeological sites, photograph by Adam Clark Vroman, 1902, courtesy of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Oraibi, Arizona, possibly the oldest inhabited village in America, with classic Pueblo architecture with plaster over stone and a central plaza for religious and social gatherings and rooftops serving as upper patios reached by exterior stairs and ladders, photograph by Adam Clark Vroman, 1898, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses, Adam and Eve witnessing the Resurrection of Christ, tympanum mosaic from the upper level over the main portal of Western facade of St Mark's Basilica, or Basilica San Marco, Venice. The basilica was consecrated 1084-1117 and was originally the chapel of the Doge, becoming the city's cathedral in 1807. The city of Venice is an archipelago of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, in the Venetian Lagoon. The historical centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Creation, with God creating the globe with compasses, and the Creation of Man, with God creating Adam in Paradise, from the Retaule de l'Esperit Sant (Retablo del Espiritu Santo), or Altarpiece of the Holy Spirit, 1394, by Pere Serra, a Catalan artist, with 22 scenes and 36 figures of saints, in the Colegiata Basilica de Santa Maria, or Collegiate Basilica of Santa Maria, also known as La Seu, built in Gothic style by Berenguer de Montagut, from 1328 until 1486, around an existing 11th century Romanesque church, Manresa, Catalonia, Spain. Saints are painted in Gothic niches around the panels. The altarpiece was commissioned by the Guild of Tanners and contains scenes of the Holy Spirit and Life of Christ, with a predella originally from a different altarpiece (dedicate to St Anthony and disappeared), with the Lamentation, 1410, by Lluis Borrassa. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bas-relief of the Descent into Hell, c. 1540, in the Cathedrale Saint-Andre de Bordeaux, or Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The scene combines christian and pagan interpretations - above is the mythological hell with Pluto, Proserpina and Cerberus, and below, Christ enters hell to save humanity and offers his hand to Adam. The reliefs were originally part of the rood screen and are now on the cathedral wall. The cathedral is listed as a national monument and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of Moses Dreaming of Adam, 1905, by Frantisek Bilek, 1872-1941, Czech sculptor, in the small park next to the Old New Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter, Prague, Czech Republic. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Above, an angel appears to Gideon while he is threshing wheat, giving him his mission to save Israel from the Madianites. In the middle, the crucifixion with 2 soldiers persecuting Christ and Mary and St John the Baptist to the sides. On the left is a representation of the church (with a halo, royal cloak, cross and church model) and on the right, the synagogue (blindfolded by a snake with a demon and broken sceptre). Below, Adam chollects the blood of Christ in a cup, symbol of redemption from sin, quatrefoil from the Typological Passion stained glass window, 1210-25, in the transept of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window, unusually, reads from top to bottom. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of bas-relief sculpture, mid 13th century, on the base of the portal of the Upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France. One of a series of reliefs illustrating scenes from the Old Testament book of Genesis. Here we see Adam and Eve tasting the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Each panel has a decorated curly frame. Sainte Chapelle was built 1239-48 to house King Louis IX's collection of Holy Relics. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Sculpted wooden beam featuring a man with his hand in a lion's mouth, at the Maison d'Adam, or Maison d'Adam et Eve, or Maison de l'Arbre-de-Vie, a half-timbered house built c. 1491 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. It was originally built as an apothecary shop with living quarters above, by its owner Jean Lefevre. Its facade features many sculpted beams, including one of the Tree of Life, although the sculptures of Adam, Eve and the serpent were destroyed during the French Revolution. The building now houses the Maison des Artisans d'Angers and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gift shop in the basement with original bare stone walls, at the Maison d'Adam, or Maison d'Adam et Eve, or Maison de l'Arbre-de-Vie, a half-timbered house built c. 1491 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. It was originally built as an apothecary shop with living quarters above, by its owner Jean Lefevre. Its facade features many sculpted beams, including one of the Tree of Life, although the sculptures of Adam, Eve and the serpent were destroyed during the French Revolution. The building now houses the Maison des Artisans d'Angers and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Maison d'Adam, or Maison d'Adam et Eve, or Maison de l'Arbre-de-Vie, a half-timbered house built c. 1491 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. It was originally built as an apothecary shop with living quarters above, by its owner Jean Lefevre. Its facade features many sculpted beams, including one of the Tree of Life, although the sculptures of Adam, Eve and the serpent were destroyed during the French Revolution. The building now houses the Maison des Artisans d'Angers and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Maison d'Adam, or Maison d'Adam et Eve, or Maison de l'Arbre-de-Vie, a half-timbered house built c. 1491 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. It was originally built as an apothecary shop with living quarters above, by its owner Jean Lefevre. Its facade features many sculpted beams, including one of the Tree of Life, although the sculptures of Adam, Eve and the serpent were destroyed during the French Revolution. The building now houses the Maison des Artisans d'Angers and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Pere Tricouillard, sculpted wooden beam featuring a man bearing his buttocks and genitals to the street below, at the Maison d'Adam, or Maison d'Adam et Eve, or Maison de l'Arbre-de-Vie, a half-timbered house built c. 1491 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. It was originally built as an apothecary shop with living quarters above, by its owner Jean Lefevre. Its facade features many sculpted beams, including one of the Tree of Life, although the sculptures of Adam, Eve and the serpent were destroyed during the French Revolution. The building now houses the Maison des Artisans d'Angers and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted wooden beams featuring musicians playing a flute and bagpipes, at the Maison d'Adam, or Maison d'Adam et Eve, or Maison de l'Arbre-de-Vie, a half-timbered house built c. 1491 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. It was originally built as an apothecary shop with living quarters above, by its owner Jean Lefevre. Its facade features many sculpted beams, including one of the Tree of Life, although the sculptures of Adam, Eve and the serpent were destroyed during the French Revolution. The building now houses the Maison des Artisans d'Angers and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted wooden beam featuring a musician playing a flute, at the Maison d'Adam, or Maison d'Adam et Eve, or Maison de l'Arbre-de-Vie, a half-timbered house built c. 1491 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. It was originally built as an apothecary shop with living quarters above, by its owner Jean Lefevre. Its facade features many sculpted beams, including one of the Tree of Life, although the sculptures of Adam, Eve and the serpent were destroyed during the French Revolution. The building now houses the Maison des Artisans d'Angers and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted wooden beam featuring a couple, at the Maison d'Adam, or Maison d'Adam et Eve, or Maison de l'Arbre-de-Vie, a half-timbered house built c. 1491 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. It was originally built as an apothecary shop with living quarters above, by its owner Jean Lefevre. Its facade features many sculpted beams, including one of the Tree of Life, although the sculptures of Adam, Eve and the serpent were destroyed during the French Revolution. The building now houses the Maison des Artisans d'Angers and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Maison d'Adam, or Maison d'Adam et Eve, or Maison de l'Arbre-de-Vie, a half-timbered house built c. 1491 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. It was originally built as an apothecary shop with living quarters above, by its owner Jean Lefevre. Its facade features many sculpted beams, including one of the Tree of Life, although the sculptures of Adam, Eve and the serpent were destroyed during the French Revolution. The building now houses the Maison des Artisans d'Angers and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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