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  • Madonna della scala, or Madonna of the Stairs, relief, c. 1490, by Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1475-1564, in Casa Buonarotti, the 17th century palace home of the Buonarotti family, on Via Ghibellina in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The building is now a museum dedicated to the work of Michelangelo Buonarotti. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a painting of Madonna and child surrounded by angels, or Madonna lactans, by Jean Fouquet, 1420-81, painted 1453-55, with Agnes Sorel dressed in the latest fashion posing as the Virgin about to breastfeed the Christ child, in the royal lodge of the Chateau de Loches, a medieval castle in the Loire Valley consisting of the old collegiate church of St Ours, royal lodge and keep, at Loches, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. Agnes Sorel was the favourite royal mistress of King Charles VII of France. The chateau was built in the 9th century and the keep in 1013 by Foulques Nerra, Count of Anjou. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painting of Madonna and child surrounded by angels, or Madonna lactans, by Jean Fouquet, 1420-81, painted 1453-55, with Agnes Sorel dressed in the latest fashion posing as the Virgin about to breastfeed the Christ child, in the royal lodge of the Chateau de Loches, a medieval castle in the Loire Valley consisting of the old collegiate church of St Ours, royal lodge and keep, at Loches, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. Agnes Sorel was the favourite royal mistress of King Charles VII of France. The chateau was built in the 9th century and the keep in 1013 by Foulques Nerra, Count of Anjou. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna di Loreto, marble statue with traces of gilt of the Virgin and child, 1489, by Francesco Laurana, 1430-1502, in the Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto, in the Chiesa di San Domenico, or San Domenico Church, built in 1470, commissioned by the Tagliavia, rulers of Castelvetrano, on the Piazza Regina Margherita in Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Decorated in Baroque style in the 16th century, the church is known as the Sistine Chapel of Sicily. The church was damaged in the Belice earthquake of 1968 and was reopened in 2014 after 5 years of restoration work. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna and Child, 13th century, incomplete sculpture, stone, Eglise St Germain des Pres, Paris, France. The statue was discovered in 1999 during excavations at Place de Furstenberg and found broken into three pieces. Founded as an Abbey in 542 the building was destroyed several times by the Normans and reconsecrated in 1163 by Pope Alexander III. Only the church survived the Abbey's destruction during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna with the candelabra, Neoclassical oil painting on canvas, 1817, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1780-1867, in the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of ships and boats at sea, from the triptych altarpiece, Virgen de los Mareantes, or Madonna of the Seafarers, 1531–36, by Alejo Fernandez, 1475-1545, with the Virgin sheltering a group of Native Americans under her cloak, with 4 saints including St Sebastian and St James, in the Sala de Audiences, or Chapterhouse, now used as a chapel, in the Real Alcazar, a Moorish royal palace in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The Alcazar was first founded as a fort in 913, then developed as a palace in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries and used by both Muslim and Christian rulers. The Alcazar is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central panel of the triptych altarpiece, Virgen de los Mareantes, or Madonna of the Seafarers, 1531–36, by Alejo Fernandez, 1475-1545, with the Virgin sheltering a group of Native Americans under her cloak, with 4 saints including St Sebastian and St James, in the Sala de Audiences, or Chapterhouse, now used as a chapel, in the Real Alcazar, a Moorish royal palace in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The Alcazar was first founded as a fort in 913, then developed as a palace in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries and used by both Muslim and Christian rulers. The Alcazar is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapelle de la Sainte Vierge, or Chapel of the Madonna, originally built in the 17th century and rebuilt by Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni or Jean-Nicolas Servan, in Baroque style in 1729 with design by Charles de Wailly in 1774, in the church of Saint-Sulpice, built 1646-1870, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. The white marble statue of the Virgin is by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, 1714-85, the stucco decoration surrounding it is by Louis-Philippe Mouchy and the fresco in the dome of the Assumption of Mary, 1734, is by Francois Lemoyne. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna of the Rose, detail, 15th Century painting by unknown artist, in the Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro, Coimbra, Portugal. The museum was opened in 1913 and renovated 2004-2012. The city of Coimbra dates back to Roman times and was the capital of Portugal from 1131 to 1255. Its historic buildings are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the Virgin from the triptych altarpiece, Virgen de los Mareantes, or Madonna of the Seafarers, 1531–36, by Alejo Fernandez, 1475-1545, with the Virgin sheltering a group of Native Americans under her cloak, with 4 saints including St Sebastian and St James, in the Sala de Audiences, or Chapterhouse, now used as a chapel, in the Real Alcazar, a Moorish royal palace in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The Alcazar was first founded as a fort in 913, then developed as a palace in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries and used by both Muslim and Christian rulers. The Alcazar is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Triptych altarpiece, Virgen de los Mareantes, or Madonna of the Seafarers, 1531–36, by Alejo Fernandez, 1475-1545, with the Virgin sheltering a group of Native Americans under her cloak, with 4 saints including St Sebastian and St James, in the Sala de Audiences, or Chapterhouse, now used as a chapel, in the Real Alcazar, a Moorish royal palace in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The Alcazar was first founded as a fort in 913, then developed as a palace in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries and used by both Muslim and Christian rulers. The Alcazar is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapelle de la Sainte Vierge, or Chapel of the Madonna, originally built in the 17th century and rebuilt by Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni or Jean-Nicolas Servan, in Baroque style in 1729 with design by Charles de Wailly in 1774, in the church of Saint-Sulpice, built 1646-1870, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. The white marble statue of the Virgin is by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, 1714-85, the stucco decoration surrounding it is by Louis-Philippe Mouchy and the fresco in the dome of the Assumption of Mary, 1734, is by Francois Lemoyne. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna, pictorial representation of Mary with the infant Jesus, Kalsa district, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta, or Chapel of Our Lady of Vitaleta, a tiny chapel originally built in the late Renaissance and consecrated in 1590, and redesigned in 1884 by Giuseppe Partini, 1842-95, in Vitaleta, Tuscany, Italy. The building is on the road between Pienza and San Quirico d'Orcia and has stone facades and a small rose window. In the foreground are cypress trees along a lane between fields. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta, or Chapel of Our Lady of Vitaleta, a tiny chapel originally built in the late Renaissance and consecrated in 1590, and redesigned in 1884 by Giuseppe Partini, 1842-95, in Vitaleta, Tuscany, Italy. The building is on the road between Pienza and San Quirico d'Orcia and has stone facades and a small rose window. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta, or Chapel of Our Lady of Vitaleta, a tiny chapel originally built in the late Renaissance and consecrated in 1590, and redesigned in 1884 by Giuseppe Partini, 1842-95, in Vitaleta, Tuscany, Italy. The building is on the road between Pienza and San Quirico d'Orcia and has stone facades and a small rose window. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta, or Chapel of Our Lady of Vitaleta, a tiny chapel originally built in the late Renaissance and consecrated in 1590, and redesigned in 1884 by Giuseppe Partini, 1842-95, in Vitaleta, Tuscany, Italy. The building is on the road between Pienza and San Quirico d'Orcia and has stone facades and a small rose window. In the foreground are cypress trees along a lane between fields. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta, or Chapel of Our Lady of Vitaleta, a tiny chapel originally built in the late Renaissance and consecrated in 1590, and redesigned in 1884 by Giuseppe Partini, 1842-95, in Vitaleta, Tuscany, Italy. The building is on the road between Pienza and San Quirico d'Orcia and has stone facades and a small rose window. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta, or Chapel of Our Lady of Vitaleta, a tiny chapel originally built in the late Renaissance and consecrated in 1590, and redesigned in 1884 by Giuseppe Partini, 1842-95, in Vitaleta, Tuscany, Italy. The building is on the road between Pienza and San Quirico d'Orcia and has stone facades and a small rose window. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta, or Chapel of Our Lady of Vitaleta, a tiny chapel originally built in the late Renaissance and consecrated in 1590, and redesigned in 1884 by Giuseppe Partini, 1842-95, in Vitaleta, Tuscany, Italy. The building is on the road between Pienza and San Quirico d'Orcia and has stone facades and a small rose window. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta, or Chapel of Our Lady of Vitaleta, a tiny chapel originally built in the late Renaissance and consecrated in 1590, and redesigned in 1884 by Giuseppe Partini, 1842-95, in Vitaleta, Tuscany, Italy. The building is on the road between Pienza and San Quirico d'Orcia and has stone facades and a small rose window. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta, or Chapel of Our Lady of Vitaleta, a tiny chapel originally built in the late Renaissance and consecrated in 1590, and redesigned in 1884 by Giuseppe Partini, 1842-95, in Vitaleta, Tuscany, Italy. The building is on the road between Pienza and San Quirico d'Orcia and has stone facades and a small rose window. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta, or Chapel of Our Lady of Vitaleta, a tiny chapel originally built in the late Renaissance and consecrated in 1590, and redesigned in 1884 by Giuseppe Partini, 1842-95, in Vitaleta, Tuscany, Italy. The building is on the road between Pienza and San Quirico d'Orcia and has stone facades and a small rose window. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of St James on horseback beheading Moors, from the triptych altarpiece, Virgen de los Mareantes, or Madonna of the Seafarers, 1531–36, by Alejo Fernandez, 1475-1545, with the Virgin sheltering a group of Native Americans under her cloak, with 4 saints including St Sebastian and St James, in the Sala de Audiences, or Chapterhouse, now used as a chapel, in the Real Alcazar, a Moorish royal palace in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The Alcazar was first founded as a fort in 913, then developed as a palace in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries and used by both Muslim and Christian rulers. The Alcazar is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Santa Maria de Belem on a pedestal above the archivolt, surrounded by statues under canopies, on the South Portal, 1516-18, by Joao de Castilho, 1470ñ1552, after a design by Diogo de Boitaca, Church of Santa Maria, at the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The portal consists of double doors with a tympanum carved with scenes from the life of St Jerome, a statue of Henry the Navigator, many carved statues in niches, a statue of the Madonna and many flamboyant pinnacles and gables in Manueline style. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta, or Chapel of Our Lady of Vitaleta, a tiny chapel originally built in the late Renaissance and consecrated in 1590, and redesigned in 1884 by Giuseppe Partini, 1842-95, in Vitaleta, Tuscany, Italy. The building is on the road between Pienza and San Quirico d'Orcia and has stone facades and a small rose window. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta, or Chapel of Our Lady of Vitaleta, a tiny chapel originally built in the late Renaissance and consecrated in 1590, and redesigned in 1884 by Giuseppe Partini, 1842-95, in Vitaleta, Tuscany, Italy. The building is on the road between Pienza and San Quirico d'Orcia and has stone facades and a small rose window. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Santa Maria de Belem on a pedestal above the archivolt, surrounded by statues under canopies, on the South Portal, 1516-18, by Joao de Castilho, 1470ñ1552, after a design by Diogo de Boitaca, Church of Santa Maria, at the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The portal consists of double doors with a tympanum carved with scenes from the life of St Jerome, a statue of Henry the Navigator, many carved statues in niches, a statue of the Madonna and many flamboyant pinnacles and gables in Manueline style. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna enthroned with Child, detail, fresco by Bernardino da Civiglio, c. 1336, altarpiece, in the Sanctuary of Santa Liberata in Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The painting is also known as Madonna in trono tra i santi Leonardo e Giovanni Battista, or Madonna del latte, as the Virgin is breastfeeding the Christ child. The sanctuary was built in 1336 and is dedicated to Santa Liberata, patron saint of the town, in thanks for its liberation from the troops of Mastino della Scala. It houses a fresco of Santa Liberata, around whom a cult grew. The sanctuary was remodelled 1665-1798. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna enthroned with Child, fresco by Bernardino da Civiglio, c. 1336, altarpiece, in the Sanctuary of Santa Liberata in Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The painting is also known as Madonna in trono tra i santi Leonardo e Giovanni Battista, or Madonna del latte, as the Virgin is breastfeeding the Christ child. The sanctuary was built in 1336 and is dedicated to Santa Liberata, patron saint of the town, in thanks for its liberation from the troops of Mastino della Scala. It houses a fresco of Santa Liberata, around whom a cult grew. The sanctuary was remodelled 1665-1798. 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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  • Virgin and child, detail from Sacra Conversazione, or Holy Conversation, also known as Madonna delle Ombre, or Madonna of the Shadows, Renaissance fresco, c. 1443, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the east corridor between cells 25 and 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. 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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  • Sacra Conversazione, or Holy Conversation, also known as Madonna delle Ombre, or Madonna of the Shadows, Renaissance fresco, c. 1443, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the east corridor between cells 25 and 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The saints are (left-right) St Dominic, St Cosmas, St Damian, St Mark, St John the Evangelist, St Thomas Aquinas, St Lawrence and St Peter Martyr. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, detail from Sacra Conversazione, or Holy Conversation, also known as Madonna delle Ombre, or Madonna of the Shadows, Renaissance fresco, c. 1443, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the east corridor between cells 25 and 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, detail from Sacra Conversazione, or Holy Conversation, also known as Madonna delle Ombre, or Madonna of the Shadows, Renaissance fresco, c. 1443, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the east corridor between cells 25 and 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna dell’umilta, or Madonna of Humility, 1346, by Bartolomeo Pellerano, predella from the altarpiece of the Confratelli in adorazione dei Simboli della Passione, from the Church of San Francisco D’Assisi, Palermo, 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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  • Virgin of Mercy or Madonna of Mercy, 1942, by Sylvaine COLLIN (1902 - 1970), Eglise paroissiale St Fiacre, Touillon, Cote d'Or, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St John the Evangelist, St Thomas Aquinas, St Lawrence and St Peter Martyr, detail from Sacra Conversazione, or Holy Conversation, also known as Madonna delle Ombre, or Madonna of the Shadows, Renaissance fresco, c. 1443, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the east corridor between cells 25 and 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Cosmas, St Damian and St Mark, detail from Sacra Conversazione, or Holy Conversation, also known as Madonna delle Ombre, or Madonna of the Shadows, Renaissance fresco, c. 1443, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the east corridor between cells 25 and 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Dominic, St Cosmas, St Damian and St Mark, detail from Sacra Conversazione, or Holy Conversation, also known as Madonna delle Ombre, or Madonna of the Shadows, Renaissance fresco, c. 1443, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the east corridor between cells 25 and 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Our Lady of Czestochowa, black Madonna, copy of a Polish icon believed to have been painted by Luke the evangelist, in the Eglise Saint-Pantaleon, built 16th - 18th century, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fountain of Madonna Verona, 4th century, and the lion of Saint Mark at the top of a 16th century marble column, in the background, Piazza delle Erbe, Verona, Italy. In the centre of the Piazza delle Erbe (Square of Herbs) is a fountain built in 1368, perhaps by Bonino da Campione with a 4th century Roman statue, known as the "Madonna Verona". The winged lion is the symbol of Saint Mark, the patron saint of Venice, reminding the Veronese of their long period spent under Venetian dominion. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of the Madonna Verona Roman sculpture, 4th century, Piazza delle Erbe, Verona, Italy, with the frescoes, 16th century, on the facade of Casa Mazzanti in the background. The Piazza delle Erbe (Square of Herbs) stands on the old Roman Forum, and remains the centre of city life. In the centre of the square is a fountain built in 1368, perhaps by Bonino da Campione with a 4th century Roman statue, known as the "Madonna Verona". Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of the Madonna Verona Roman sculpture, 4th century, Piazza delle Erbe, Verona, Italy, silhouetted against the sky. The Piazza delle Erbe (Square of Herbs) stands on the old Roman Forum, and remains the centre of city life. In the centre of the square is a fountain built in 1368, perhaps by Bonino da Campione with a 4th century Roman statue, known as the "Madonna Verona". Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of the fountain of Madonna Verona, 4th century, Piazza delle Erbe, Verona, Italy. The Piazza delle Erbe (Square of Herbs) stands on the old Roman Forum, and remains the centre of city life. In the centre of the square is a fountain built in 1368, perhaps by Bonino da Campione with a 4th century Roman statue, known as the "Madonna Verona". Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of a mural painting depicting a Madonna and Child in a small chapel in Ortigia, Syracuse, Sicily, pictured on September 13, 2009, in the afternoon. The 2,700 year old Syracuse is a province and a city in southern Italy on the Island of Sicily. The island Ortigia is the historic centre of Syracuse. Today the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Founded by Ancient Greek Corinthians and allied with Sparta and Corinth, it was a very powerful city-state and one of the major powers of the Mediterranean.  In the 17th century it was heavily destroyed by an earthquake. Many buildings date back to the  19th century when it regained importance. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Piazza del Duomo looking towards the Cathedral of the Madonna Assunta (Duomo di Maria Santissima Assunta), Lecce, Apulia, Italy. The 12th century cathedral was rebuilt in 1659 by the architect Giuseppe Zimbalo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna and child, detail, painting, 15th century, by Aragonese School, in the Museo Diocesano, in the Casa del Degnat beside the cathedral, in La Seu d'Urgell, Catalonia, Spain. The museum was opened in 1975 and houses collections 10th - 18th century from the bishopric of Urgell. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna and child, painting, 15th century, by Aragonese School, in the Museo Diocesano, in the Casa del Degnat beside the cathedral, in La Seu d'Urgell, Catalonia, Spain. The museum was opened in 1975 and houses collections 10th - 18th century from the bishopric of Urgell. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna and child, painting, by Elisabetta Sirani, 1638-65, in the Berthier Gallery, displaying the family collection of 130 paintings, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The gallery was renamed in August 1797 after French general Louis-Alexandre Berthier who visited with Napoleon. The palazzo, begun 1632, was designed by Angelo Crivelli, for Carlo III Borromeo and his wife Isabella D'Adda, then completed by Carlo Fontana for Giberto III Borromeo and Vitaliano VI Borromeo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna in trono tra Angeli e Santi, or Virgin enthroned with angels and saints, detail, by Tomaso di Vigilla, 1460-1494, from the Capella dell’Ordine dei Teutonici di Risalaimi, Marineo, 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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  • Madonna della Neve, or Virgin of the Snow, detail, depicting the Virgin suckling the christ child, 1516, Renaissance sculpture by studio of Antonello Gagini, 1478–1536, from the Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie, 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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  • Madonna della Neve, or Virgin of the Snow, depicting the Virgin suckling the christ child, 1516, Renaissance sculpture by studio of Antonello Gagini, 1478–1536, from the Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie, 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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  • 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, detail, 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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  • 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, detail, 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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  • Display of the Madonna's jewels and statue of Virgin and child with base of blue and gold glass beads by Murano glassmaker Salviati, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. The cement floor tiles made by MiraColour and the hand printed wallpaper by Atelier d’Offard, both use interlacing patterns reminiscent of the Neo-Romanesque period of the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Madonna of the Candelabra, oil painting on canvas, 1817, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1780-1867, in the portrait gallery of the Musee des Beaux Arts de la Ville de Blois, housed in the Louis XII wing since 1869, in the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The museum originally opened in 1850 in the Francois I wing, but moved here in 1869 after the rooms had been restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna della Neve, or Virgin of the Snow, detail, depicting the Virgin suckling the christ child, 1516, Renaissance sculpture by studio of Antonello Gagini, 1478–1536, from the Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie, 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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  • Madonna in trono tra Angeli e Santi, or Virgin enthroned with angels and saints, by Tomaso di Vigilla, 1460-1494, from the Capella dell’Ordine dei Teutonici di Risalaimi, Marineo, 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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  • 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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  • Display of the Madonna's jewels and statue of Virgin and child with base of blue and gold glass beads by Murano glassmaker Salviati, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. The cement floor tiles made by MiraColour and the hand printed wallpaper by Atelier d’Offard, both use interlacing patterns reminiscent of the Neo-Romanesque period of the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • The Mare de Deu de l’Alba, or Madonna of the Dawn, a statue of the Virgin and child in the nave, with stained glass window of the choir behind, 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. This is a copy of the original statue, which was burned in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna of Clemency, wood panel, 7th century, Altemps Chapel, Santa Maria In Transtevere, 12th century, Rome, Italy. Cardinal Marco Sittico Altemps (1533-95) commissioned a Mannerist Chapel to house his family tomb and this rare painting. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of Piazza delle Erbe, surrounded by closed umbrellas, Verona, Italy. The Piazza delle Erbe (Square of Herbs) stands on the old Roman Forum, and remains the centre of city life. In the centre of the square is a fountain built in 1368, perhaps by Bonino da Campione with a 4th century Roman statue, known as the "Madonna Verona" and seen from behind on the picture. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Chapel, with Virgin and child painting by Andrea Mantegna, 1431-1506, and the Altarpiece of the Most Precious Blood, Madonna and Child with Saints John the Evangelist and Andrew of Padua, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It is now a museum, the Museo Storico della Caccia e del Territorio, or Museum of Hunting and Territory, and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapel, with Virgin and child painting by Andrea Mantegna, 1431-1506, and the Altarpiece of the Most Precious Blood, Madonna and Child with Saints John the Evangelist and Andrew of Padua, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It is now a museum, the Museo Storico della Caccia e del Territorio, or Museum of Hunting and Territory, and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Our Lady of Hope, statue of crowned enthroned Madonna holding a lily and bible, detail from the Retable de Notre-Dame de l'Esperance, or Retable de la Confrerie des Tisserands, 15th century, in the Chapelle des Tisserands, in the Eglise Saint-Jacques, a Gothic church built 1260-80 in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The church is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Camera degli Angioli, with frescoes 1622-23 by by Jacopo Vignali of a procession of the saints and blessed of the city of Florence, in Casa Buonarotti, the 17th century palace home of the Buonarotti family, on Via Ghibellina in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The altar table is by Francesco and Tommaso da Sant’Andrea in Rovezzano, 1627, and above is an intarsia by Benedetto Calenzuoli based on a cartoon by Pietro da Cortona of the Madonna and Child. In the niche on a 17th century console is a bust of Michelangelo the Younger by Giuliano Finelli. The building is now a museum dedicated to the work of Michelangelo Buonarotti. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gilded dome, built by Johann Paul Schor and designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, in the Chigi Chapel, or Cappella della Madonna del Voto, 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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  • Statue of St Catherine of Siena, by Ercole Ferrata, 1610-86, in the Chapel of the Madonna del Voto, 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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  • Basilica of the Benedictine Abbey Santa Maria de Montserrat, Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain. Hermit monks first settled on the sacred mountain of Montserrat in 900 AD and the monastery was founded in 1025. It was destroyed in 1811 during the Napoleonic wars and rebuilt, along with the basilica, in 1850. Here we see the 58m long nave and the apse, and along the sides at the chapel entrances, ornate hanging candles donated by Catalan towns. The black Madonna, or La Moroneta, is housed in a side chapel and is visited by pilgrims from across the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Christ in the Basilica of the Benedictine Abbey Santa Maria de Montserrat, Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain. Hermit monks first settled on the sacred mountain of Montserrat in 900 AD and the monastery was founded in 1025. It was destroyed in 1811 during the Napoleonic wars and rebuilt, along with the basilica, in 1850. This statue of Christ at the crucifixion is in one of the chapels in the basilica. The black Madonna, or La Moroneta, is also housed in a side chapel and is visited by pilgrims from across the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window in the Basilica of the Benedictine Abbey Santa Maria de Montserrat, Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain. This window, in the Modernist style, depicts angels in the heavens. Hermit monks first settled on the sacred mountain of Montserrat in 900 AD and the monastery was founded in 1025. It was destroyed in 1811 during the Napoleonic wars and rebuilt, along with the basilica, in 1850. The black Madonna, or La Moroneta, is housed in a side chapel and is visited by pilgrims from across the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Basilica of the Benedictine Abbey Santa Maria de Montserrat, Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain. Hermit monks first settled on the sacred mountain of Montserrat in 900 AD and the monastery was founded in 1025. It was destroyed in 1811 during the Napoleonic wars and rebuilt, along with the basilica, in 1850. Here we see the apse and part of the dome above. The black Madonna, or La Moroneta, is housed in a side chapel and is visited by pilgrims from across the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main altar with original 7th-century icon of the Madonna and Child and apse decorated with a golden mosaic featuring crosses, Rotunda of the Pantheon, ancient temple in Rome dating from 125 AD by Emperor Hadrian (reconstruction), later converted into the church of Santa Maria ad Martyres, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Camera degli Angioli, with frescoes 1622-23 by by Jacopo Vignali of a procession of the saints and blessed of the city of Florence, in Casa Buonarotti, the 17th century palace home of the Buonarotti family, on Via Ghibellina in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The altar table is by Francesco and Tommaso da Sant’Andrea in Rovezzano, 1627, and above is an intarsia by Benedetto Calenzuoli based on a cartoon by Pietro da Cortona of the Madonna and Child. In the niche on a 17th century console is a bust of Michelangelo the Younger by Giuliano Finelli. The building is now a museum dedicated to the work of Michelangelo Buonarotti. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window in the Basilica of the Benedictine Abbey Santa Maria de Montserrat, Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain. This window, in the Modernist style, depicts angels in the heavens. Hermit monks first settled on the sacred mountain of Montserrat in 900 AD and the monastery was founded in 1025. It was destroyed in 1811 during the Napoleonic wars and rebuilt, along with the basilica, in 1850. The black Madonna, or La Moroneta, is housed in a side chapel and is visited by pilgrims from across the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of a Madonna sculpture on the facade of the Cathedral, or Duomo, of Syracuse in Ortigia, Syracuse, Sicily, pictured on September 13, 2009, in the evening. The Duomo di Siracusa (Santa Maria delle Colonne) is the city's main church and was built over an ancient Greek Temple of the 5th century BC and altered in the following centuries, still today incorporating Greek, Byzantine, Romanesque and Baroque elements. The present facade was built in the 18th century. The island Ortigia is the historic centre of Syracuse. Today the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • The Virgin of Montserrat, 12th century Romanesque wooden statue of the Virgin and child at the basilica of the Santa Maria de Montserrat monastery on the Montserrat mountain near Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. This is one of the few black Madonnas in Europe (its black colour is caused by a chemical reaction of the varnish over time) and its provenance is surrounded in legend. It depicts a seated Virgin wearing a crown and  holding a globe, with the Christ child, also crowned, on her lap. 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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  • 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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  • Gospa od Skrpjela, aerial view, an islet created artificially in the 15th century to mark the spot where a miraculous image of the Virgin was found on the cliffs, and behind, Sveti Dorde islet or the island of St George, in the Bay of Kotor near Perast, Montenegro. On Gospa od Skrpjela is the church of Our Lady of the Rocks, built 1630 and renovated 1722, containing 68 17th century paintings by local baroque artist Tripo Kokolja. The Bay of Kotor area is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centre: a statue of Our Lady of Chartres with 4 angels; top: 2 thurifer or incense-bearer angels above the Virgin; right and left: 2 prophets hold phylacteries; bottom: the bishops Yves of Chartres and Fulbert, Fulbert holds a model of the new cathedral. Top medallion of the Miracles of Our Lady stained glass window, 1200, depicting the Glorification of the Virgin, in the nave of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window was destroyed in 1816 and restored in 1927 under Lorin. 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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  • Black Virgin statue of Our Lady of Hope, 19th century, in the Basilique Notre-Dame-d'Esperance, built 1499 - 17th century in Gothic style, in Charleville-Mezieres, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gospa od Skrpjela, aerial view, an islet created artificially in the 15th century to mark the spot where a miraculous image of the Virgin was found on the cliffs, in the Bay of Kotor near Perast, Montenegro. On the island is the church of Our Lady of the Rocks, built 1630 and renovated 1722, containing 68 17th century paintings by local baroque artist Tripo Kokolja. The Bay of Kotor area is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gospa od Skrpjela, aerial view, an islet created artificially in the 15th century to mark the spot where a miraculous image of the Virgin was found on the cliffs, in the Bay of Kotor near Perast, Montenegro. On the island is the church of Our Lady of the Rocks, built 1630 and renovated 1722, containing 68 17th century paintings by local baroque artist Tripo Kokolja. The Bay of Kotor area is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gospa od Skrpjela, aerial view, an islet created artificially in the 15th century to mark the spot where a miraculous image of the Virgin was found on the cliffs, in the Bay of Kotor near Perast, Montenegro. On the island is the church of Our Lady of the Rocks, built 1630 and renovated 1722, containing 68 17th century paintings by local baroque artist Tripo Kokolja. The Bay of Kotor area is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gospa od Skrpjela, aerial view, an islet created artificially in the 15th century to mark the spot where a miraculous image of the Virgin was found on the cliffs, and behind, Sveti Dorde islet or the island of St George, in the Bay of Kotor near Perast, Montenegro. On Gospa od Skrpjela is the church of Our Lady of the Rocks, built 1630 and renovated 1722, containing 68 17th century paintings by local baroque artist Tripo Kokolja. The Bay of Kotor area is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone table with atlante sculpture base, originally from the reconciliation hall in the bell tower of the church of Our Lady of the Rocks, built 1630 and renovated 1722, on Gospa od Skrpjela, an islet created artificially in the 15th century to mark the spot where a miraculous image of the Virgin was found on the cliffs, in the Bay of Kotor near Perast, Montenegro. The table is now beside the church, and legend says that  conflict will end if hands are shaken at this table. The Bay of Kotor area is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church of Our Lady of the Rocks, built 1630 and renovated 1722, and Museum, on Gospa od Skrpjela, an islet created artificially in the 15th century to mark the spot where a miraculous image of the Virgin was found on the cliffs, in the Bay of Kotor near Perast, Montenegro. The Bay of Kotor area is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Our Lady of Montserrat, (black Virgin enthroned with Christ child, holding orb), detail from the Retaule de Sant Isidre i de la Mare de Deu de Montserrat, altarpiece, 1718, in a side chapel, in the Church of St Mary, or Esglesia de Santa Maria de Cadaques, built in the 17th century, in Cadaques, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a painting of the Virgin Mary with Christ child, in Le Havre Cathedral, or Cathedrale Notre-Dame du Havre, built in the 16th and 17th centuries and made cathedral in 1974, on the Rue de Paris in Le Havre, Normandy, France. This is one of the few buildings in the town to survive the bombings during the Second World War, although it did sustain heavy damage. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgen del Coro or Virgin Enthroned, 18th century alabaster sculpture by Joan de Castellnou, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The Virgin is crowned and seated on a throne holding a lily and the Christ child, who raises his hand in blessing. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel
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  • Notre dame du Pilier or Our Lady of the Pillar, a wooden sculpture of the Virgin and Child atop a pillar with carved capital, c. 1540, in the Chapel of Notre Dame du Pilier, ambulatory, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mary enthroned in majesty, holding a sceptre and with the Christ child on her knee, who gestures in blessing and holds the world, surrounded by angels and doves representing the holy spirit, central section of the North Rose stained glass window, 1233, on the Northern side of the transept of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window was offered by Blanche of Castile, then regent, mother of the future Saint Louis. 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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  • The Virgin in majesty surrounded by angels, sitting on a throne in a mandorla of glory, holding 2 sceptres indicating she is queen of heaven and earth, with the Christ child on her knee, hand raised in blessing. The sun and moon, symbols of universality, are on either side and 2 angels bow down before her, from the apex of the Incarnation and childhood of Christ stained glass window, 12th century, on the Western facade of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. 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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