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  • Romanesque apse, Benedictine monastery church of Sant Pere, founded in 977, Besalu, Girona, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of St Scholastica, patron saint of Benedictine nuns, in the chapel of the Couvent des Benedictines du Calvaire d'Angers, a Benedictine convent built 1620-23 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The convent was founded by the prince of Guemene Pierre Rohan and his wife Antoinette de Bretagne and built by Vincent Camus. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rapture of Mary Magdalene, statue in polychrome and gilded wood, 15th century, in the chapel of the Couvent des Benedictines du Calvaire d'Angers, a Benedictine convent built 1620-23 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The statue was originally in the convent of La Baumette. It was thrown in the Maine during the French Revolution, saved and given to the Sisters of Calvary in 1820. The convent was founded by the prince of Guemene Pierre Rohan and his wife Antoinette de Bretagne and built by Vincent Camus. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rapture of Mary Magdalene, statue in polychrome and gilded wood, 15th century, in the chapel of the Couvent des Benedictines du Calvaire d'Angers, a Benedictine convent built 1620-23 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The statue was originally in the convent of La Baumette. It was thrown in the Maine during the French Revolution, saved and given to the Sisters of Calvary in 1820. The convent was founded by the prince of Guemene Pierre Rohan and his wife Antoinette de Bretagne and built by Vincent Camus. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lamb of God, detail of a tapestry hung above the tabernacle on the high altar at the Benedictine Abbey at Ypres, in the Community Room, used to display items from the history of the Benedictine order, in Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Lady Mary Percy, 1570-1642, founder of the Irish Benedictine nuns, in the Community Room, used to display items from the history of the Benedictine order, in Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of an Irish Benedictine Nun, painting by<br />
E Cracco, 1931, in the Community Room, used to display items from the history of the Benedictine order, in Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Community Room, with Victorian columns, displaying items from the history of the Benedictine order, in Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Foundation stone of a Benedictine Abbey founded in Dublin in 1688, in the Community Room, in Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Margaret Henry Nee Vaughan, 1829-74, donated to the Benedictine order by the Henry family, in the Drawing Room of Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of Sacred Heart statue, erected by the Benedictine nuns of Kylemore Abbey in 1932, to give thanks for their safe arrival at their new home, in the year when Ireland hosted the Eucharistic Congress, on Suchruach mountain above Pollacapall Lough, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Kylemore Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1920 in the grounds of Kylemore Castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, polyptych altarpiece, by Hubert and Jan van Eyck, 15th century, Northern Renaissance, in the Community Room, used to display items from the history of the Benedictine order, in Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The original painting is the altarpiece of the St Bravo Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sacred Heart statue, erected by the Benedictine nuns of Kylemore Abbey in 1932, to give thanks for their safe arrival at their new home, in the year when Ireland hosted the Eucharistic Congress, on Suchruach mountain above Pollacapall Lough, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Kylemore Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1920 in the grounds of Kylemore Castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of King James II, given by the king in the 1680s to the Benedictine order, in the Dining Room of Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pre-Romanesque nave, 10th century, Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Saint Peter, piedroit from the former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 11th century Crypt of Pessebre, Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Circular chapel of rough stone with vault, supported by an enormous central pillar. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure amid fantastical animals, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fantastical animals, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doorway between the cloister and the abbey church, from former gallery, adorned with Seraphins, St Luke's Bull, St Mark's lion, and bestiary, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 12th century Virgin with Child statue, absidal chapel of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apostles Peter, James and John sitting and sleeping, carved wooden  sculpture group of the Agony (detail), 17th century, Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apostle Peter sleeping, carved wooden  sculpture group of the Agony (detail), 17th century, Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • From left to right: Christ at prayer, angel holding a chalice, and the three disciples, Peter, James and John sitting and sleeping, carved wooden  sculpture group of the Agony, 17th century, Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seraphin, carved detail of the doorway between the cloister and the abbey church, from former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure amid fantastical animals, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Luke's Bull and Seraphin, carved detail of the doorway between the cloister and the abbey church, from former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure amid decorative palm capital, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure amid decorative palm capital, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Black Madonna statue, 11th century crypt of the Pessebre dedicated to the Mother of God, the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Saint Paul, piedroit from the former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fantastical animals, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure amid fantastical animals, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure amid fantastical animals, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure amid fantastical animals, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure amid fantastical animals, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 12th century Virgin with Child statue, absidal chapel of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 12th century Virgin with Child statue, absidal chapel of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Drawing Room, used by ladies after dinner, with sculpted Carrara marble fireplace, wallpaper and a portrait of Margaret Henry donated to the Benedictines by the Henry family, in Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Drawing Room, used by ladies after dinner, with sculpted Carrara marble fireplace, stucco ceiling and a portrait of Margaret Henry donated to the Benedictines by the Henry family, in Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Saint Matthew, carved flagstone from the former tribune reused at the pulpit (detail), Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 12th century Virgin with Child statue, absidal chapel of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lombard Romanesque Bell Tower, 11th century, Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cloister, aisle, nave and Lombard Romanesque Bell Tower rising above, Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure amid fantastical animals, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Luke's Bull, carved detail of the doorway between the cloister and the abbey church, from former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Mark's lion, carved detail of the doorway between the cloister and the abbey church, from former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure amid fantastical animals, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seraphin, carved detail of the doorway between the cloister and the abbey church, from former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Saint Paul, piedroit from the former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Saint Peter, piedroit from the former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Saint Paul, piedroit from the former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fantastical animals, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fantastical animals, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fantastical animals, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fantastical animals, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure amid fantastical animals, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative palm capital, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Black Madonna statue, 11th century crypt of the Pessebre dedicated to the Mother of God, the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden Standing Christ (detail), 14th century French School, Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden Standing Christ, 14th century French School, Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horseshoe arch, 12th century north aisle of the church, Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Mark's lion and Seraphin, carved detail of the doorway between the cloister and the abbey church, from former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seraphin, carved detail of the doorway between the cloister and the abbey church, from former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fantastical animals, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure amid fantastical animals, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure amid fantastical animals, 12th century Romanesque cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital with heads and plants, in the Cloister, 1250-71, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Cloister is in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble, carved with local flora and fauna, allegorical subjects and liturgical scenes. The Benedictine monastery was founded 778-80 by abbot Sentimirus, rebuilt in the 10th century and sacked in the French Revolution. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital with stylised leaves, in the Cloister, 1250-71, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Cloister is in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble, carved with local flora and fauna, allegorical subjects and liturgical scenes. The Benedictine monastery was founded 778-80 by abbot Sentimirus, rebuilt in the 10th century and sacked in the French Revolution. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mystic lamb, from the carved stone capital of the procession of the abbot, in the Cloister, 1250-71, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Cloister is in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble, carved with local flora and fauna, allegorical subjects and liturgical scenes. The Benedictine monastery was founded 778-80 by abbot Sentimirus, rebuilt in the 10th century and sacked in the French Revolution. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital with basilisk and face, in the Cloister, 1250-71, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Cloister is in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble, carved with local flora and fauna, allegorical subjects and liturgical scenes. The Benedictine monastery was founded 778-80 by abbot Sentimirus, rebuilt in the 10th century and sacked in the French Revolution. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital with face, tree and coat of arms, in the Cloister, 1250-71, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Cloister is in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble, carved with local flora and fauna, allegorical subjects and liturgical scenes. The Benedictine monastery was founded 778-80 by abbot Sentimirus, rebuilt in the 10th century and sacked in the French Revolution. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Palm motif and blessing hand, carved into the facade beside the lintel, 1019-20, Romanesque sculpture in white marble, forming part of the portal on the facade of the abbey church of St Michael, now the parish church of Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, consecrated 1153, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The lintel, originally an altar support, was commissioned by abbot Guillaume in the 11th century and is a bas-relief of Christ in Majesty in a mandorla with 2 archangels and figures in arched niches, and a latin inscription to King Robert II the Pious of France. The Benedictine monastery was founded 778-80 by abbot Sentimirus, rebuilt in the 10th century and sacked in the French Revolution. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mythical creatures with the body of a bird, goat’s hoofs and a human head, early 13th century, Romanesque, by unknown Castilian artist, fresco transferred to canvas, detail from a frieze in the hall of the Benedictine abbey of San Pedro de Arlanza in Burgos, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The creatures represent bird sirens, ancient Greek symbols of shelter and protection, reminding us of temptations of the senses, deceit and the dangers of vice and falsehood. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital depicting a whistling monkey representing the devil, detail, in the west Cloister, built 1140-50, in the Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. In 1913 George Gray, an American sculptor, bought 32 columns and capitals from Cuxa which are now in The Met Cloisters Museum in New York. The remaining 7 original capitals, carved with largely secular subjects, were reerected here in 1950. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital depicting lions, in the Cloister, built 1140-50, in the Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. In 1913 George Gray, an American sculptor, bought 32 columns and capitals from Cuxa which are now in The Met Cloisters Museum in New York. The remaining 7 original capitals, carved with largely secular subjects, were reerected here in 1950. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Biting creatures carved in stone on the tribune, detail, in the Eglise Saint-Michel, in the Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The tribune originally formed a raised choir in the eastern part of the church, but now surrounds the north gate. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital featuring winged rams biting their wings, from the convent building along the side of the cloister, at the Abbaye Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery built 1005-9 under Guifred, Count of Cerdanya, on the slopes of the Pic du Canigou, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The abbey complex consists of St Mary's or the lower church, and the abbey church of St Martin's or the upper church, and the bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital with stylised leaf design, in the Abbey church of St Martin's, or upper church, at the Abbaye Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery built 1005-9 under Guifred, Count of Cerdanya, on the slopes of the Pic du Canigou, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The church has 3 naves separated by monolithic columns and barrel vaults, and 3 apses. The abbey complex consists of St Mary's or the lower church, and the abbey church of St Martin's or the upper church, and the bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone altar with candles and a crucifixion sculpture in an apse of St Mary's Church or lower church, built partly underground, at the Abbaye Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery built 1005-9 under Guifred, Count of Cerdanya, on the slopes of the Pic du Canigou, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The abbey complex consists of St Mary's or the lower church, and the abbey church of St Martin's or the upper church, and the bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbey church of St Martin's, or upper church, at the Abbaye Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery built 1005-9 under Guifred, Count of Cerdanya, on the slopes of the Pic du Canigou, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The church has 3 naves separated by monolithic columns and barrel vaults, and 3 apses. The abbey complex consists of St Mary's or the lower church, and the abbey church of St Martin's or the upper church, and the bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbaye Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery built 1005-9 under Guifred, Count of Cerdanya, aerial view, on the slopes of the Pic du Canigou, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The complex consists of St Mary's or the lower church, St Martin's or the upper church, a cloister, gatehouse and later 20th century buildings. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes, aerial view, a Benedictine monastery in Alt Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. The monastery was founded in 945 AD and thrived through to the 12th century. The Romanesque church was consecrated in 1022 and the cloister and bell tower were added in the 12th century. The monastery is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, aerial view, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, aerial view, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, aerial view, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bell tower, 12th century of the Abbaye Saint-Aubin, a former Benedictine monastery built 12th - 18th centuries, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. Originally a funeral basilica for the tomb of Bishop Aubin, 529-50, it was founded as a monastery in the 7th century and rebuilt in the 12th century. The main building was destroyed in the 19th century but the separate fortified bell tower or Tour Saint-Aubin remains, at 54m high. It is listed as a historic monument and used to house art exhibitions. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi, in the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a chapel. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Romanesque Reliquary in the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi, in the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a chapel. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Langon Chapel, originally the Romanesque choir of the Church of Notre-Dame-Du-Bourg near Bordeaux, France, founded 1126, a dependency of the Benedictine monastery Notre Dame de la Grande Sauve, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cloister, built 1644-66, at the Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec or Bec Abbey, a Benedictine monastery founded 1034 by Saint Herluin, in Le Bec Hellouin, Eure, Normandy, France. The cloister is in Tuscan style, with semicircular arcades with folded archivolts and square pillars. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture on the oldest tympanum in the cloister, built 1644-66, at the Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec or Bec Abbey, a Benedictine monastery founded 1034 by Saint Herluin, in Le Bec Hellouin, Eure, Normandy, France. The cloister is in Tuscan style, with semicircular arcades with folded archivolts and square pillars. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbaye de Jumieges or Jumieges Abbey, a Benedictine monastery founded 654 AD in Jumieges, Normandy, France. The first church was burnt by the Vikings and a new one was consecrated in 1067 in the presence of William the Conqueror. The building was enlarged in 1256, when a Gothic choir was added, and restored in 1573. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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