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  • The Canigou or Pic du Canigou, 2784m, highest summit in the Eastern Pyrenees, and the Canigou massif, Conflent, Pyrenees Orientales, Languedoc Roussillon, France. Called Pica del Canigo in Catalan, this mountain has a special significance to Catalan people. Until the 18th century it was believed to be the highest peak in the Pyrenees. Evening view with range silhouetted against the sky. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plant-inspired carved capital, pillar of the upper church, dedicated to St. Martin, Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou (Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou), Romanesque treasure from the early 11th century, Casteil, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Figures amid lions, 13th century Romanesque style capital, Southern gallery of the cloister of the Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figures amid mythical animals, 13th century Romanesque style capital, Southern gallery of the cloister of the Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monks in procession at Mass, 13th century Romanesque style capital, Southern gallery of the cloister of the Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salome's dance at the court of Herod, 13th century Romanesque style capital symbolizing the lust with half naked female figures, Southern gallery of the cloister of the Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou (Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou), Romanesque treasure from the early 11th century, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lower church, dedicated to St. Mary, Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou (Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou), Romanesque treasure from the early 11th century, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. The apse and the two semicircular apses on each side are carved into the rock. 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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  • 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 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Palm decorative capital with figures, 13th century, Southern gallery of the cloister, Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou, Romanesque treasure from the early 11th century, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figures amid mythical animals, 13th century Romanesque style capital, Southern gallery of the cloister of the Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monks in procession at Mass, 13th century Romanesque style capital, Southern gallery of the cloister of the Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbot of the Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou, 13th century Gothic style funerary relief embedded in the pillars of the cloister, Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou, Romanesque treasure from the early 11th century, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbot of the Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou, 13th century Gothic style funerary relief embedded in the pillars of the cloister, Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou, Romanesque treasure from the early 11th century, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou (Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou), Romanesque treasure from the early 11th century, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low colonnade supporting the round barrel vaults of the upper church, dedicated to St. Martin, Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou (Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou), Romanesque treasure from the early 11th century, Casteil, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Plain west facade with round-headed door of the upper church, dedicated to St. Martin, seen from the open platform overlooking the cloister, Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou (Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou), Romanesque treasure from the early 11th century, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Column with carved capital embedded in a pillar in the crypt, possibly Carolingian, lower church, dedicated to St. Mary, Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou (Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou), Romanesque treasure from the early 11th century, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure amid winged rams, 13th century Romanesque style capital, Southern gallery of the cloister of the Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monks in procession at Mass, 13th century Romanesque style capital, Southern gallery of the cloister of the Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figures amid winged animals, 13th century Romanesque style capital, Southern gallery of the cloister of the Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bicorporate lion, 13th century Romanesque style capital, Southern gallery of the cloister of the Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salome's dance at the court of Herod, 13th century Romanesque style capital symbolizing the lust with half naked female figures, Southern gallery of the cloister of the Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figures amid mythical animals, 13th century Romanesque style capital, Southern gallery of the cloister of the Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbot of the Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou, 13th century Gothic style funerary relief embedded in the pillars of the cloister, Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou, Romanesque treasure from the early 11th century, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou (Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou), Romanesque treasure from the early 11th century, Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low colonnade supporting the round barrel vaults of the upper church, dedicated to St. Martin, Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou (Abbey church of Saint Martin du Canigou), Romanesque treasure from the early 11th century, Casteil, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Pre-Romanesque nave, 10th 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • 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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  • Aerial view of the Pyrenees mountains, dusted with snow, seen from an aeroplane, South West France. The Pyrenean chain separates France from Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A mi-chemin entre le village de Casteil et l'abbaye se trouve l'église dite "Saint-Martin-le-Vieux". Restaurée à la fin des années 70, il s'agissait vraisemblablement d'une nécropole pour les moines de l'abbaye St Martin du Canigou, Pyrénées Orientales, France
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  • Hilly landscape in the foothills of the Pyrenees, around the Chateau de Montsegur, in Cathar country, Montsegur, Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital with serpents, 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 snakes entering open mouths of human faces, representing the torments of hell or the corruptions of the body, 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 head and 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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  • Carved stone capital with stylised leaves and Christ on the cross, 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 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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  • Lintel, detail, 1019-20, Romanesque sculpture (the earliest dated Romanesque stone 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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  • Sculpture of St Michael, from an 18th century altarpiece dedicated to St Michael, in 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 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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  • Baroque altarpiece, made 1605 and 1638, in 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 painted wood altarpiece houses statues of St Anthony, St George and St Genis, with painted panels of the martyrdom of St Genis. 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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  • Statue of St Joan of Arc, painted and wearing armour, holding a banner, in 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 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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  • Christ blessing with angels, detail from a lintel, 11th century, Romanesque sculpture in white marble, at the Abbaye Saint-Andre-de-Sorede, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery, rebuilt 1121, in Saint-Andre, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. This lintel is by the same sculptor of that in the abbey church of St Michael, now the parish church of Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, at the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines. The lintel is carved in bas-relief with Christ blessing with 4 angels and 4 evangelists. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital with owls, 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 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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  • Carved stone capital with snakes entering open mouths of human faces, representing the torments of hell or the corruptions of the body, 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
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_1401.jpg
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