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  • Bosse or keystone, with sculpture of Christ and Mary Magdalene in the garden of Olives, late 13th century, in the ceiling. with fresco of stars, in the high chapel or Chapelle Sainte-Croix, consecrated 1309, at the Palais des Rois de Majorque, or Palace of the Kings of Majorca, built 1276-1309 by Ramon Pau, Pons Descoll and Bernat Quer, for King James II of Majorca, in Puig del Rey, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The fortified palace is in Late Romanesque and Gothic style and is built around 3 courtyards. It was fortified by Louis XI and renovated by Charles V and Vauban in the 15th and 17th centuries. In the 13th century, Perpignan was the capital of the Kingdom of Majorca. The palace is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window, detail, with grisaille decoration and fermaillet or bosse of the head of an animal, possibly a sheep, 13th century, in the Chapelle de la Vierge, or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The windows were restored in 1879. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window, detail, with grisaille decoration and fermaillet or bosse of the head of a wild boar, 13th century, in the Chapelle de la Vierge, or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The windows were restored in 1879. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window, detail, with grisaille decoration and fermaillet or bosse of the head of a crowned king in profile, 13th century, in the Chapelle de la Vierge, or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The windows were restored in 1879. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bosse on the painted vaulted ceiling of a side chapel, by the Master of Rieux, with a monk holding a bible, in the 12th century cathedral of Saint Maurice de Mirepoix, Mirepoix, Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees, France. The cathedral was restored in the 19th century by Prosper Merimee et Eugene Viollet-le-Duc and is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dunois and Joan of Arc at a tower, engraving by Abraham Bosse, 1602-76, after drawing by Claude Vignon, 1593-1670, published in the book 'The Maid or France delivered, heroic poems' by Augustin Courbe, 1656, in the collection of the Chateau de Chinon or Forteresse royale de Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France. The chateau was founded in the 11th century by Theobald I, count of Blois. King Henry II of England lived and died here in the 12th century and the chateau has been out of use since the late 16th century. It is listed as a historic monument and part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chateauroux giving the sword of Fierbois to the warrior, engraving by Abraham Bosse, 1602-76, after drawing by Claude Vignon, 1593-1670, published as a frontispiece in the book 'The Maid or France delivered, heroic poems' by Augustin Courbe, 1656, in the collection of the Chateau de Chinon or Forteresse royale de Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France. The chateau was founded in the 11th century by Theobald I, count of Blois. King Henry II of England lived and died here in the 12th century and the chateau has been out of use since the late 16th century. It is listed as a historic monument and part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Allegory of Joan of Arc breaking the chains of France, engraving by Abraham Bosse, 1602-76, after drawing by Claude Vignon, 1593-1670, published as a frontispiece in the book 'The Maid or France delivered, heroic poems' by Augustin Courbe, 1656, in the collection of the Chateau de Chinon or Forteresse royale de Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France. The chateau was founded in the 11th century by Theobald I, count of Blois. King Henry II of England lived and died here in the 12th century and the chateau has been out of use since the late 16th century. It is listed as a historic monument and part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window, detail, with grisaille decoration and fermaillet or bosse of the head of a horse, 13th century, in the Chapelle de la Vierge, or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The windows were restored in 1879. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window, detail, with grisaille decoration and fermaillet or bosse of a grotesque head, 13th century, in the Chapelle de la Vierge, or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The windows were restored in 1879. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window, detail, with grisaille decoration and fermaillet or bosse of a man's head, 13th century, in the Chapelle de la Vierge, or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The windows were restored in 1879. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative gilded bosse in the form of an angel, and angels holding phylacteries on a starry sky, painted on the ceiling of the chapel, c. 1450, with cross vaults, by an unknown artist, possibly Jacob de Littemont and Henri Mullein who worked for the Coeur family, uncovered in the 19th century and restored by Alexandre Denuelle in 1869, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The angels hold phylacteries with verses of the mysteries of the Virgin Mary. Fulcanelli stated that Jacques Coeur was an alchemist and the Virgin is a traditional hermetic symbol. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window, detail, with grisaille decoration and fermaillet or bosse of a man sticking out his tongue, 13th century, in the Chapelle de la Vierge, or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The windows were restored in 1879. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bosse on a painted vaulted ceiling of a side chapel, by the Master of Rieux, with saint, possibly St Peter holding the key to heaven, in the 12th century cathedral of Saint Maurice de Mirepoix, Mirepoix, Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees, France. The cathedral was restored in the 19th century by Prosper Merimee et Eugene Viollet-le-Duc and is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Floral bosse in the coffered wooden Neo-Mudejar ceiling in the main bedroom, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Floral bosse in the coffered wooden Neo-Mudejar ceiling in the main bedroom, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative ceiling and cupola above the main staircase, with decorated ribs and bosses, stained glass by Rigalt, Granell & Cia and mosaics by Mario Maragliano, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the vaults and bosses painted with cherubs and angels, in the upper choir of the nave, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative ceiling and cupola above the main staircase, with decorated ribs and bosses, stained glass by Rigalt, Granell & Cia and mosaics by Mario Maragliano, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Pau Gil Room, the old hospital archives, with decorative ceiling with ribs, bosses and tilework, and the coat of arms of St Paul in the centre, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arcade of the Cloister, with rib vaulted ceiling with decorative bosses, built in Manueline style by Diogo Boitac, Joao de Castilho and Diogo de Torralva, completed 1541, in 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 cloister wings have wide arcades with rectangular column and tracery within the arches. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the ceiling of the nave with its ornate bosses, and the choir below, in 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 monastic complex includes the church with portal by Joao de Castilho, cloisters, and Chapel of St Jerome. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Angels holding phylacteries on a starry sky, painted on the ceiling of the chapel, c. 1450, with cross vaults and decorative bosses, by an unknown artist, possibly Jacob de Littemont and Henri Mullein who worked for the Coeur family, uncovered in the 19th century and restored by Alexandre Denuelle in 1869, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The angels hold phylacteries with verses of the mysteries of the Virgin Mary. Fulcanelli stated that Jacques Coeur was an alchemist and the Virgin is a traditional hermetic symbol. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rib-vaulted ceiling with decorative bosses in the Sacristy or Chapterhouse, built in the mid 15th century under Bishop Lopez Barrientos, in Cuenca Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace and Saint Julian, built 1182-1270 in Gothic style, Cuenca, Spain. The historic walled town of Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of a medical monk, by Pau Gargallo, 1881-1934, below the decorative ceiling and cupola above the main staircase, with decorated ribs and bosses, stained glass by Rigalt, Granell & Cia and mosaics by Mario Maragliano, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lamp by Pere Domenech i Roura, 1930s, and the decorative ceiling and cupola above the main staircase, with decorated ribs and bosses, stained glass by Rigalt, Granell & Cia and mosaics by Mario Maragliano, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lamp by Pere Domenech i Roura, 1930s, and the decorative ceiling and cupola above the main staircase, with decorated ribs and bosses, stained glass by Rigalt, Granell & Cia and mosaics by Mario Maragliano, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative ceiling with ribs, bosses and tilework, and the coat of arms of St Paul (Sant Pau) in the centre, in the Pau Gil Room, the old hospital archives, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative ceiling above the main staircase, with decorated ribs and bosses and mosaics by Mario Maragliano reflecting the shapes of the windows, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling of the Cloister arcade, with rib vaults and decorative bosses, built in Manueline style by Diogo Boitac, Joao de Castilho and Diogo de Torralva, completed 1541, in 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 cloister wings have wide arcades with rectangular column and tracery within the arches. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arcade of the Cloister, with intricately carved columns and a rib vaulted ceiling with decorative bosses, built in Manueline style by Diogo Boitac, Joao de Castilho and Diogo de Torralva, completed 1541, in 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 cloister wings have wide arcades with rectangular column and tracery within the arches. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the ceiling of the nave with its ornate bosses in 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 monastic complex includes the church with portal by Joao de Castilho, cloisters, and Chapel of St Jerome. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cross vaulted ceiling with carved bosses, in the nave of the church, in the Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet, a Cistercian monastery founded in 1151, built by Arnau Bargues in Catalan Gothic style, in Conca de Barbera, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Poblet formed part of the Cistercian Triangle in Catalonia, along with Vallbona de les Monges and Santes Creus, and was the royal burial place of the Aragon dynasty. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lamp by Pere Domenech i Roura, 1930s, and the decorative ceiling and cupola above the main staircase, with decorated ribs and bosses, stained glass by Rigalt, Granell & Cia and mosaics by Mario Maragliano, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative ceiling with ribs, bosses and tilework, and the coat of arms of the Holy Cross (Santa Creu) in the centre and those of St Paul (Sant Pau) in the distance, in the Pau Gil Room, the old hospital archives, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the ceiling of the nave with its ornate bosses, and the choir to the left, in 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 monastic complex includes the church with portal by Joao de Castilho, cloisters, and Chapel of St Jerome. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the ceiling of the nave with its ornate bosses in 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 monastic complex includes the church with portal by Joao de Castilho, cloisters, and Chapel of St Jerome. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Keystone of the paschal lamb with inscription, limestone, 12th century, from the front nave of the Cluny III abbey church, in the Musee Ochier, or Musee d’Art et d’Archeologie, housing sculptures from the abbey, in the Jean de Bourbon Palace, built c. 1560, at Cluny Abbey or Abbaye de Cluny, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery founded 910 by duke William I of Aquitaine, in Cluny, Saone et Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum was founded in 1866 and renovated in 1988. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coffered wooden Neo-Mudejar ceiling in the main bedroom, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted keystone with cherubs holding the crowned winged initial L, symbol of Louise de Bourbon, Abbess of Fontevraud 1534-75, and other members of the Bourbon-Vendome family, in the West gallery of the main Grand-Moutier Cloister, rebuilt by Louise de Bourbon in classical style 1530-60, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cloister was originally Romanesque but was rebuilt in the 16th century. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up inside the lantern tower of Rouen Cathedral or the Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Rouen, built 12th century in Gothic style, with work continuing through the 13th and 14th centuries, Rouen, Normandy, France. The first floor of the lantern tower was built in the 13th century, and the second in the 16th century. A neo-Gothic iron spire was added in the 19th century, temporarily making this the tallest building in the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved and painted wooden ceiling of the Chapelle Haute Saint-Saturnin, begun 1540s under Francois I and decorated by Philippe Delorme, Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The chapel was built with 2 storeys, the upper section for the use of royalty. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted ceiling of the chapel, with stained glass windows, 1954, by Max Ingrand, in the Chateau de Chenonceau, built 1514–22 in late Gothic and early Renaissance style, on the River Cher near Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France. The chateau was extended on a bridge across the river, commissioned by Diane de Poitiers and built 1556-59 by Philibert de l'Orme, with a gallery added 1570–76 by Jean Bullant. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coffered wooden Neo-Mudejar ceiling in the main bedroom, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling fresco with stars, in the high chapel or Chapelle Sainte-Croix, consecrated 1309, at the Palais des Rois de Majorque, or Palace of the Kings of Majorca, built 1276-1309 by Ramon Pau, Pons Descoll and Bernat Quer, for King James II of Majorca, in Puig del Rey, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The fortified palace is in Late Romanesque and Gothic style and is built around 3 courtyards. It was fortified by Louis XI and renovated by Charles V and Vauban in the 15th and 17th centuries. In the 13th century, Perpignan was the capital of the Kingdom of Majorca. The palace is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted keystone with cherubs and acanthus leaves in the West gallery of the main Grand-Moutier Cloister, rebuilt by Louise de Bourbon in classical style 1530-60, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cloister was originally Romanesque but was rebuilt in the 16th century. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Library, with carved oak ceiling, containing Scott's collection of books, manuscripts, tracts and chapbooks, in Abbotsford House, built 1817-25 by Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish writer and poet, near Melrose, in the Borders, Scotland. The building is in Scottish Baronial style and includes Scott's personal collections of books, furniture and Scottish historical artefacts, making it a centre for European Romanticism. The Scott family still own the building, which is open to the public as a tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cross vaulted ceiling of the nave of the Cathedral Saint-Samson, begun in the 13th century on the site of an older church and completed in the 18th century, in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The nave has 2 side aisles and an arcade, triforium and clerestory in Gothic tradition. The cathedral is dedicated to one of the founding saints of Brittany and until 1801 was the seat of the archbishopric of Dol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass windows with grisaille decoration and fermaillets depicting human and animal heads, including wild boar and lion, 13th century, in the Chapelle de la Vierge, or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The windows were restored in 1879. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ambulatory surrounding the apse, with cross vaulted ceiling and carved keystones, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave and apse with cross vaulted ceiling and decorative keystones, including the Coronation of the Virgin of 1440, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble pillars and ribbed cross vaults of a trapezoidal room on the upper floor of the Castel del Monte, a 13th century citadel and castle in Andria, Puglia, Southern Italy. Each floor consists of 8 trapezoidal rooms, with a ribbed cross vault held up by semi-columns over the central area. The castle was built in the 1240s by Emperor Frederick II and is octagonal in plan, with walls 25m high and bastion towers on each corner. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frescoes of 47 angels, each playing a different medieval or oriental musical instrument or holding musical scores or liturgical Gregorian chant songbooks, 1380, attributed to Jan de Bruges, on the vaulted ceiling of the Chapelle de la Vierge or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The frescoes were restored in the late 20th century. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frescoes of 47 angels, each playing a different medieval or oriental musical instrument or holding musical scores or liturgical Gregorian chant songbooks, 1380, attributed to Jan de Bruges, on the vaulted ceiling of the Chapelle de la Vierge or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The frescoes were restored in the late 20th century. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the vaulted ceiling of the nave of the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, Poissy, Yvelines, France. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840 and has been restored by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Trading Hall or Hall of the Columns at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. The hall, with its vaulted ceiling and spiral columns, shows the might of Valencia as a trading city in the 15th and 16th centuries. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of Christ on the cross in painted stone at the crown of the rib vaulted ceiling of the ambulatory in the Collegiate Church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais, built 12th to 16th centuries in Gothic and Renaissance styles, in Gisors, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. The church was consecrated in 1119 by Calixtus II but the nave was rebuilt from 1160 after a fire. The church was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted arcade of the main Grand-Moutier Cloister, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cloister, built to house virgin nuns, was originally Romanesque but was rebuilt in the 16th century. Renee de Bourbon renovated the south gallery in Gothic style in 1519, then Louise de Bourbon rebuilt the 3 other galleries in classical style 1530-60. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Staircase with barrel vaulted in ceiling in antique style and 16th century oak doors, at the Chateau de Chenonceau, built 1514–22 in late Gothic and early Renaissance style, on the River Cher near Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France. The chateau was extended on a bridge across the river, commissioned by Diane de Poitiers and built 1556-59 by Philibert de l'Orme, with a gallery added 1570–76 by Jean Bullant. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapel at the commanderie templière d'Avalleur, or Templar commandery of Avalleur, founded 1167 and used by the Knights Templar until 1312 when the order was dissolved, then by the Knights Hospitaller until the Revolution, at Bar-sur-Seine, Aube, Grand Est, France. The chapel is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling of the nave and transept, in the Basilique Notre-Dame-d'Esperance, built 1499 - 17th century in Gothic style, in Charleville-Mezieres, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The nave is 16th century and the stained glass windows, 1954-79, are by Andre Seurre after cartoons by Rene Durrbach, 1961-73. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St John the Baptist holding his book, polychrome statue, 16th century, under Gothic canopy, in the Eglise Saint-Pantaleon, built 16th century by Jean Bailly and rebuilt 1527-33 by Maurice Favereau after a fire, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. On the right is the wooden ceiling above the nave and transept, built 1660-75. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden ceiling with wooden sculptures of angels and a dove representing the holy spirit, above the altar 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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  • Keystone with painted scene of Christ blessing the Virgin, in the vaulted ceiling of the Holy Chalice Chapel or Capilla del Santo Caliz, built under Bishop Vidal de Blanes 1365-69, said to house the chalice used at the Last Supper, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sala de Contratacion or Hall of the Columns, with vaulted ceiling and spiral columns, built 1483–98 by Pere Compte, where finances and contracts were agreed, at the La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga in late Gothic style, in Valencia, Spain. The Silk Exchange consists of the Sala de Contratacion or Contract Hall, the Pavilion of the Consulate where Tribunal del Mar was held, the prison and the Orange Garden. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sala de Contratacion or Hall of the Columns, with vaulted ceiling and spiral columns, built 1483–98 by Pere Compte, where finances and contracts were agreed, at the La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga in late Gothic style, in Valencia, Spain. The Silk Exchange consists of the Sala de Contratacion or Contract Hall, the Pavilion of the Consulate where Tribunal del Mar was held, the prison and the Orange Garden. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted ceiling of the Sala de Contratacion or Hall of the Columns, built 1483–98 by Pere Compte, where finances and contracts were agreed, at the La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga in late Gothic style, in Valencia, Spain. The Silk Exchange consists of the Sala de Contratacion or Contract Hall, the Pavilion of the Consulate where Tribunal del Mar was held, the prison and the Orange Garden. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cloister, built 14th - 15th century, in Gothic mudejar style, with cross vaulting in red brick and white mortar, at the Real Monasterio de Sant Jeroni de Cotalba, a monastery founded in 1388 by the duke of Gandia, Alfons de Vell, and built 14th - 18th centuries in Valencian Gothic, mudejar, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical styles, in Alfauir, Valencia, Spain. At the end of the arcade is a spiral staircase in Gothic-Flamenco style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Upper level of the cloister, built by Pere Compte in the 16th century for the duchess of Gandia, Maria Enriquez de Luna, in late Gothic style, at the Real Monasterio de Sant Jeroni de Cotalba, a monastery founded in 1388 by the duke of Gandia, Alfons de Vell, and built 14th - 18th centuries in Valencian Gothic, mudejar, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical styles, in Alfauir, Valencia, Spain. The upper cloister has stone cross vaulting and windows overlooking the courtyard. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Keystone with carving of a monk by Damia Forment, in the Upper level of the cloister, built by Pere Compte in the 16th century for the duchess of Gandia, Maria Enriquez de Luna, in late Gothic style, at the Real Monasterio de Sant Jeroni de Cotalba, a monastery founded in 1388 by the duke of Gandia, Alfons de Vell, and built 14th - 18th centuries in Valencian Gothic, mudejar, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical styles, in Alfauir, Valencia, Spain. The upper cloister has stone cross vaulting and windows overlooking the courtyard. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Upper level of the cloister, built by Pere Compte in the 16th century for the duchess of Gandia, Maria Enriquez de Luna, in late Gothic style, at the Real Monasterio de Sant Jeroni de Cotalba, a monastery founded in 1388 by the duke of Gandia, Alfons de Vell, and built 14th - 18th centuries in Valencian Gothic, mudejar, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical styles, in Alfauir, Valencia, Spain. The upper cloister has stone cross vaulting and windows overlooking the courtyard. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Upper level of the cloister, built by Pere Compte in the 16th century for the duchess of Gandia, Maria Enriquez de Luna, in late Gothic style, at the Real Monasterio de Sant Jeroni de Cotalba, a monastery founded in 1388 by the duke of Gandia, Alfons de Vell, and built 14th - 18th centuries in Valencian Gothic, mudejar, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical styles, in Alfauir, Valencia, Spain. The upper cloister has stone cross vaulting and windows overlooking the courtyard. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cloister, built 14th - 15th century, in Gothic mudejar style, with cross vaulting in red brick and white mortar, at the Real Monasterio de Sant Jeroni de Cotalba, a monastery founded in 1388 by the duke of Gandia, Alfons de Vell, and built 14th - 18th centuries in Valencian Gothic, mudejar, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical styles, in Alfauir, Valencia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coffered wooden Neo-Mudejar ceiling in the main bedroom, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coffered wooden Neo-Mudejar ceiling in the main bedroom, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coffered wooden Neo-Mudejar ceiling in the main bedroom, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coffered wooden Neo-Mudejar ceiling in the main bedroom, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coffered wooden Neo-Mudejar ceiling in the main bedroom, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coffered wooden Neo-Mudejar ceiling in the main bedroom, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cross vaulted ceiling of the ambulatory, 12th century, in the Cathedrale Saint-Mammes de Langres, or Langres Cathedral, built 1150-96 in Romanesque and Gothic styles, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. The ambulatory is separated from the choir by 8 columns with corinthian capitals featuring rows of acanthus leaves. Its radiating chapels were added in the 14th century. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St James of Compostela, painted relief, 13th century, on a keystone in the ceiling of the apse, 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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  • Palm vault above a stone staircase with central column, in the Chateau de Bauge, a 15th century Renaissance chateau built as a hunting lodge for King Rene, duc d'Anjou, in Bauge-en-Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France. Although a chateau existed here before, Rene commissioned Guillaume Robin to build the current chateau, 1454-65. The chateau is now a museum and is listed as a historic monument Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Keystone on the vaulted ceiling of the refectory, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Keystone with female figure holding cross on the vaulted ceiling of the refectory, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted keystone of the Virgin Mary in the West gallery of the main Grand-Moutier Cloister, rebuilt by Louise de Bourbon in classical style 1530-60, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cloister was originally Romanesque but was rebuilt in the 16th century. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted keystone with initials RF, (Republique Francaise), the only republican symbol at Fontevraud, 1883, in the West gallery of the main Grand-Moutier Cloister, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cloister was originally Romanesque but was rebuilt in the 16th century. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave, seen from the organ of the Cathedral Saint-Samson, begun in the 13th century on the site of an older church and completed in the 18th century, in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The nave has a cross vaulted ceiling, 2 side aisles and an arcade, triforium and clerestory in Gothic tradition. The cathedral is dedicated to one of the founding saints of Brittany and until 1801 was the seat of the archbishopric of Dol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of the Cathedral Saint-Samson, begun in the 13th century on the site of an older church and completed in the 18th century, in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The nave has a cross vaulted ceiling, 2 side aisles and an arcade, triforium and clerestory in Gothic tradition. The cathedral is dedicated to one of the founding saints of Brittany and until 1801 was the seat of the archbishopric of Dol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • French Renaissance rib-vaulted ceiling built 1515, whose keystones form a broken line, in the hallway of the Chateau de Chenonceau, built 1514–22 in late Gothic and early Renaissance style on the River Cher near Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France. The chateau was extended on a bridge across the river, commissioned by Diane de Poitiers and built 1556-59 by Philibert de l'Orme, with a gallery added 1570–76 by Jean Bullant. Diane de Poitiers, Catherine de Medici and Louise Dupin have all contributed to the development of Chenonceau through the centuries. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coffered ceiling of the Oratory, carved in stone with 30 sections, each relating to a process in alchemy, in the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the coffered ceiling of the Oratory, carved in stone with 30 sections, each relating to a process in alchemy, in the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ambulatory surrounding the apse, with cross vaulted ceiling and carved keystones, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The decorative keystone of 1440 of the Coronation of the Virgin is seen through the arch. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apse with vaulted ceiling and decorative keystone of the Coronation of the Virgin of 1440, surrounded by the ambulatory with cross vaulted ceiling, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Keystone of the apse, 1440, with the Coronation of the Virgin, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ambulatory surrounding the apse, with cross vaulted ceiling and carved keystones, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The decorative keystone of 1440 of the Coronation of the Virgin is seen through the arch. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of a medical monk, by Pau Gargallo, 1881-1934, below the decorative ceiling and cupola above the main staircase, with mosaics by Mario Maragliano, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cupola above the main staircase, with stained glass by Rigalt, Granell & Cia, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted ceiling with quadripartite rib vaults and a central spiral column, in the Tower of Philip the Good, built 1460, the tallest tower in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France, now the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon. Named for Philippe le Bon, or Philippe III duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Good, Philip III Duke of Burgundy, 1396-1467, the tower contains a spiral staircase, with decorative elements increasing with height. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Octagonal Gothic ceiling of the Torre del Homenaje or Tribute Tower in the Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos or Palace of the Catholic Kings, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The Torre del Homenaje was renovated by Ferdinand and Isabella and here their knights swore allegiance to the Catholic faith. The alcazar was rebuilt during the Umayyad Caliphate in the 10th century and used as a royal fortress by the Moors and the Christians, as a base for the Spanish Inquisition, and as a prison. The alcazar is a national monument of Spain, and the historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Elaborately carved ceiling above the Capilla Mayor, or chancel, built 1523, in front of the huge 18th century neoclassical altarpiece by Alonso Matias with 5 paintings by Antonio Palomino and sculptures by Pedro de Paz, in the in the 16th century cathedral within the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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