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  • Lighting candles at a manoualia, a large brass candle holder, during the Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest holding candles during Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest holding candles during Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest holding candles during Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. On the left is a manoualia, a large brass candle holder. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Worshippers bowing their heads at Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. On the left is a manoualia, a large brass candle holder. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dormition or Death of the Virgin, with her soul ascending to Christ in heaven and priests reading texts by a candle below, from the Life of the Virgin, on the Altarpiece of the Constable or Epiphany Altarpiece, 1464-65, by Jaume Huguet, c. 1412-92, tempera on panel, in Gothic style, commissioned by Don Pedro of Portugal, in the Royal Chapel of Santa Agatha in the Palacio Real Mayor in Barcelona, Spain. The central panel is the most important and depicts the Adoration of the Magi. The side and top panels depict the Life of the Virgin and Jesus Christ, and Saints are portrayed at the bottom. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the Death of the Virgin, with the apostles surrounding her body, from the Altarpiece of the Virgin, 1430-40, in the Eglise de Saint-Roch, Ternant, Nievre, Burgundy, France. An angel reaches up to close the Virgin's eyes, and 2 other angels take her soul, in the form of a child, up to heaven. On the left is St John the Baptist handing the Virgin a lighted candle as the apostles leave. The altarpiece was commissioned by Philippe de Ternant and his wife Isabeau de Roye, and depicts 7 scenes of the Life of the Virgin, both painted and sculpted, including the Annunciation, Dormition and Glorification. It was made by Brabant and Flemish workshops in painted and gilded carved wood. The altarpiece has been restored many times and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iconostasis in the Narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. On the left is a manoualia, a large brass candle holder. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex, seen from under the balcony, of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The devil extinguishes St Genevieve's candle when she goes to pray at night, stained glass window, by Alfred Gerente, 1821-68, after designs by Steinhel, depicting the Legend of St Genevieve, patron saint of Paris, in the cloister, rebuilt 1845-50 in Neo Gothic style during restoration by Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc, at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • An angel relights St Genevieve's candle when she goes to pray at night, after it was extinguished by the devil, stained glass window, by Alfred Gerente, 1821-68, after designs by Steinhel, depicting the Legend of St Genevieve, patron saint of Paris, in the cloister, rebuilt 1845-50 in Neo Gothic style during restoration by Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc, at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The devil extinguishes St Genevieve's candle when she goes to pray at night, stained glass window, by Alfred Gerente, 1821-68, after designs by Steinhel, depicting the Legend of St Genevieve, patron saint of Paris, in the cloister, rebuilt 1845-50 in Neo Gothic style during restoration by Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc, at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The devil extinguishes St Genevieve's candle when she goes to pray at night, stained glass window, by Alfred Gerente, 1821-68, after designs by Steinhel, depicting the Legend of St Genevieve, patron saint of Paris, in the cloister, rebuilt 1845-50 in Neo Gothic style during restoration by Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc, at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The apostles saying goodbye to the Virgin, with St John the Baptist handing her a lighted candle, from the Altarpiece of the Virgin, 1430-40, in the Eglise de Saint-Roch, Ternant, Nievre, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was commissioned by Philippe de Ternant and his wife Isabeau de Roye, and depicts 7 scenes of the Life of the Virgin, both painted and sculpted, including the Annunciation, Dormition and Glorification. It was made by Brabant and Flemish workshops in painted and gilded carved wood. The altarpiece has been restored many times and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex, seen from the balcony, of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • An angel relights St Genevieve's candle when she goes to pray at night, after it was extinguished by the devil, stained glass window, by Alfred Gerente, 1821-68, after designs by Steinhel, depicting the Legend of St Genevieve, patron saint of Paris, in the cloister, rebuilt 1845-50 in Neo Gothic style during restoration by Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc, at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation of the Virgin in the temple, detail of a fresco by Charles Soulacroix, 1825-99, in the third apse chapel, in the Basilique Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculee-Conception or Basilica of Notre-Dame de Boulogne, a Roman Catholic cathedral built 1827-63 in Neoclassical style by Benoit-Agathon Haffreingue, in Boulogne, Pas de Calais, France. The fresco depicts a young Virgin holding a candle and wearing a crown of flowers, greeted by the high priest and Levis. St Anne and St Joachim are on the left. Charles Soulacroix, a sculptor, was commissioned in 1863-65 by Haffreingue to decorate the 6 apse chapels, these being his first frescoes. The cathedral is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the Virgin Mary from the Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds, oil painting on wood, 1420, by the Master of Flemalle, Robert Campin, 1375-1444, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. Behind, Joseph holds a lighted candle. This painting depicts the birth of Christ and the Adoration of the Shepherds, with 2 midwives on the right and a choir of angels overhead. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Patrick Kollannur, sacristan, lighting candles around the altar in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Christian saint with lion's head on a pedestal covered in candles with a base of blue and gold glass beads by Murano glassmaker Salviati, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. Behind are reliquaries. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Detail of candles in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Statue on a pedestal covered in candles with a base of blue and gold glass beads by Murano glassmaker Salviati, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. The hand printed wallpaper using gold leaf by Atelier d’Offard uses interlacing patterns reminiscent of the Neo-Romanesque period of the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Patrick Kollannur, sacristan, lighting candles in the apsidal chapel housing the sacred Crown of Thorns given by Saint Louis, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Louis IX built the Sainte-Chapelle in 1248 to house the Crown of Thorns. It was moved to the Bibliotheque Nationale during the French Revolution, then moved to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in 1801. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Patrick Kollannur, sacristan, lighting candles around the altar in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Patrick Kollannur, sacristan, lighting candles around the altar in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Patrick Kollannur, sacristan, lighting candles around the altar in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of candles in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Statue of Christian saint with lion's head on a pedestal covered in candles, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. The hand printed wallpaper using gold leaf by Atelier d’Offard uses interlacing patterns reminiscent of the Neo-Romanesque period of the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Patrick Kollannur, sacristan, lighting candles around the altar in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Choir showing the altar with Paschal candles on both sides, Presider chair (left) and celebrant chair (right), Vierge du sourire (Smiling Virgin) containing the tabernacle in the background, Chapelle Notre Dame du sourire (Chapel of our smiling lady), Ermitage Sainte-Therese, Lisieux, Normandy, France. The chapel was consecrated in December 2012 by Mgr Boulanger, bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux, after being restored and furnished by sculptor Fleur Nabert. Picture by Manuel Cohen - This picture requires further clearance from the author Fleur Nabert / Autorisation necessaire aupres de l'artiste Fleur Nabert. - Further clearance required, please contact us
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  • Choir showing the altar with Paschal candles on both sides, Presider chair (left) and celebrant chair (right), Vierge du sourire (Smiling Virgin) containing the tabernacle in the background, Chapelle Notre Dame du sourire (Chapel of our smiling lady), Ermitage Sainte-Therese, Lisieux, Normandy, France. The chapel was consecrated in December 2012 by Mgr Boulanger, bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux, after being restored and furnished by sculptor Fleur Nabert. Picture by Manuel Cohen - This picture requires further clearance from the author Fleur Nabert / Autorisation necessaire aupres de l'artiste Fleur Nabert. - Further clearance required, please contact us
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  • The Chapelle des Cierges or Chapelle St Louis, with statue of a nun and statue of St Louis, or Louis IX of France, 1214-70, with candles burning, in the Basilica of Liesse Notre Dame, built 1134 in Flamboyant Gothic style by the Chevaliers d'Eppes, then rebuilt in 1384 and enlarged in 1480 and again in the 19th century, Liesse-Notre-Dame, Laon, Picardy, France. Pilgrims flock here to worship the Black Virgin, based on Ismeria, the Soudanese daughter of the sultan of Cairo El-Afdhal, who saved the lives of French knights during the Crusades, converted to christianity and married Robert d'Eppes, son of Guillaume II of France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Choir seen from the side and showing the altar with Paschal candles on both sides, statue of Therese de Lisieux in the background, Chapelle Notre Dame du sourire (Chapel of our smiling lady), Ermitage Sainte-Therese, Lisieux, Normandy, France. The chapel was consecrated in December 2012 by Mgr Boulanger, bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux, after being restored and furnished by sculptor Fleur Nabert. Picture by Manuel Cohen - This picture requires further clearance from the author Fleur Nabert / Autorisation necessaire aupres de l'artiste Fleur Nabert. - Further clearance required, please contact us
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  • Choir showing the altar with Paschal candles on both sides, Presider chair (left) and celebrant chair (right), Vierge du sourire (Smiling Virgin) containing the tabernacle in the background, Chapelle Notre Dame du sourire (Chapel of our smiling lady), Ermitage Sainte-Therese, Lisieux, Normandy, France. The chapel was consecrated in December 2012 by Mgr Boulanger, bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux, after being restored and furnished by sculptor Fleur Nabert. Picture by Manuel Cohen - This picture requires further clearance from the author Fleur Nabert / Autorisation necessaire aupres de l'artiste Fleur Nabert. - Further clearance required, please contact us
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  • Woman praying before lighted candles in the Hanging Church, or St Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The church, founded in the 3rd century and built here in 7th century and rebuilt 10th century, sits above the gatehouse to the Babylon Fortress, seemingly suspended above a passage. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone altar with candles and a crucifixion sculpture in an apse of St Mary's Church or lower church, built partly underground, at the Abbaye Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery built 1005-9 under Guifred, Count of Cerdanya, on the slopes of the Pic du Canigou, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The abbey complex consists of St Mary's or the lower church, and the abbey church of St Martin's or the upper church, and the bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shrine with candles, flowers and statue in the Hermitage of St Anthony of Galamus in the Gorges de Galamus, between Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, and Cubieres sur Cinoble, Aude, Occitanie, France. The hermitage was built in the 14th century as a place of solitude for Franciscan monks, who had originally secluded themselves in caves in the gorge walls. It was then developed further in the 19th century by Pere Marie. The gorge is about 2 miles long and 500m deep, carved by the Agly river through the limestone. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone altar with candles in the Lower Chapel, with columns supporting ceiling vaults and tiled floor, in the Palais de Tau, the 12th century Episcopal Palace of Angers and former residence of the bishops of Angers, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The T-shaped palace was built on the site of an earlier 9th century building. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest holding candles and a cross during Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reliquary of Saint Pierre Aumaitre, with a fragment of his femur on a pink cushion, by Cat-Berro, Orleans, surrounded by candles and gilded glass balls and set within an aluminium valance made with Arsculpt and Technical Industrie, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Statue of Christian saint with lion's head on a pedestal covered in candles with a base of blue and gold glass beads by Murano glassmaker Salviati, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. The hand printed wallpaper using gold leaf by Atelier d’Offard and cement floor tiles made by MiraColour, use interlacing patterns reminiscent of the Neo-Romanesque period of the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Reliquaries, including (centre) that of Saint Pierre Aumaitre, with a fragment of his femur on a pink cushion, by Cat-Berro, Orleans, with gilded glass balls, surrounded by candles and set within an aluminium valance made with Arsculpt and Technical Industrie, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Reliquaries, including (centre) that of Saint Pierre Aumaitre, with a fragment of his femur on a pink cushion, by Cat-Berro, Orleans, with gilded glass balls, surrounded by candles and set within an aluminium valance made with Arsculpt and Technical Industrie, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Statue of Christian saint with lion's head on a pedestal covered in candles with a base of blue and gold glass beads by Murano glassmaker Salviati, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. The hand printed wallpaper using gold leaf by Atelier d’Offard uses interlacing patterns reminiscent of the Neo-Romanesque period of the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Detail of gilded glass balls, candles and the aluminium valance made with Arsculpt and Technical Industrie, surrounding the reliquaries in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Reliquaries, including (centre) that of Saint Pierre Aumaitre, with a fragment of his femur on a pink cushion, by Cat-Berro, Orleans, surrounded by candles and set within an aluminium valance made with Arsculpt and Technical Industrie, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Chapel with lit candles and baroque altarpiece dedicated to St Foy, in the Abbatiale Sainte-Foy de Conques or Abbey-church of Saint-Foy, Conques, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrenees, France, a Romanesque abbey church begun 1050 under abbot Odolric to house the remains of St Foy, a 4th century female martyr. The church is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago da Compostela, and is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apse in the choir with altar laid with flowers and candles and statue of the Virgin and child, in 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, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. The nave was reworked in the 15th and 16th centuries and has bays on both sides leading to the side aisles. Saint Louis was baptised here in 1214. 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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  • Christ is enthroned and sits between 2 candles. He holds a book and blesses with his right hand. Section of Christ in Majesty, from the apex of the Life of St Andrew stained glass window, 1210-25, in the Apostles chapel in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window has been altered many times, significantly in 1872 but also previously. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Basilica of the Benedictine Abbey Santa Maria de Montserrat, Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain. Hermit monks first settled on the sacred mountain of Montserrat in 900 AD and the monastery was founded in 1025. It was destroyed in 1811 during the Napoleonic wars and rebuilt, along with the basilica, in 1850. Here we see the 58m long nave and the apse, and along the sides at the chapel entrances, ornate hanging candles donated by Catalan towns. The black Madonna, or La Moroneta, is housed in a side chapel and is visited by pilgrims from across the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Treasury of the Pharaohs or Khazneh Firaoun, 100 BC - 200 AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. Originally built as a royal tomb, the treasury is so called after a belief that pirates hid their treasure in an urn held here. Carved into the rock face opposite the end of the Siq, the 40m high treasury has a Hellenistic facade with three bare inner rooms. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Nighttime view with candles lighting up the plaza and man showing huge scale of the edifice. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Treasury of the Pharaohs or Khazneh Firaoun, 100 BC - 200 AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. Originally built as a royal tomb, the treasury is so called after a belief that pirates hid their treasure in an urn held here. Carved into the rock face opposite the end of the Siq, the 40m high treasury has a Hellenistic facade with three bare inner rooms. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Nighttime view with candles lighting up the plaza, seen from the end of the Siq. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Treasury of the Pharaohs or Khazneh Firaoun, 100 BC - 200 AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. Originally built as a royal tomb, the treasury is so called after a belief that pirates hid their treasure in an urn held here. Carved into the rock face opposite the end of the Siq, the 40m high treasury has a Hellenistic facade with three bare inner rooms. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Nighttime view with candles lighting up the plaza, seen from the end of the Siq. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of Christ with sacred heart, votive candles below, Eglise Saint-Sulpice (St Sulpitius' Church), c.1646-1745, late Baroque church on the Left Bank, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plaques of thanks and candles, in the Hermitage of St Anthony of Galamus in the Gorges de Galamus, between Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, and Cubieres sur Cinoble, Aude, Occitanie, France. The hermitage was built in the 14th century as a place of solitude for Franciscan monks, who had originally secluded themselves in caves in the gorge walls. It was then developed further in the 19th century by Pere Marie. The gorge is about 2 miles long and 500m deep, carved by the Agly river through the limestone. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest holding candles and a cross during Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presumed portraits of Raphael (far left) and Pinturicchio, from the Canonisation of Catherine of Siena by Pope Pius II, detail of onlookers holding candles, Renaissance fresco, 1503-8, by Pinturicchio, 1454-1513, after designs by Raphael, depicting the life of Pius II, in the Piccolomini Library, commissioned c. 1492 by Archbishop Cardinal Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini (future Pius III) in memory of his uncle Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II), adjacent to the North wall of the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Christian saint with lion's head on a pedestal covered in candles with a base of blue and gold glass beads by Murano glassmaker Salviati, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. The hand printed wallpaper using gold leaf by Atelier d’Offard and cement floor tiles made by MiraColour, use interlacing patterns reminiscent of the Neo-Romanesque period of the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Statue of Christian saint with lion's head on a pedestal covered in candles with a base of blue and gold glass beads by Murano glassmaker Salviati, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. The hand printed wallpaper using gold leaf by Atelier d’Offard uses interlacing patterns reminiscent of the Neo-Romanesque period of the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Reliquaries, including (centre) that of Saint Pierre Aumaitre, with a fragment of his femur on a pink cushion, by Cat-Berro, Orleans, surrounded by candles and set within an aluminium valance made with Arsculpt and Technical Industrie, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Top row, l-r; the purification with a woman offering turtledoves 40 days after childbirth and 2 others offering candles for the birth of Jesus, the presentation of Christ in the temple with Mary offering her son to Simeon on the altar and the 3 wise men dreaming of an angel warning them to return to their country and avoid Herod. Bottom row l-r; the 3 wise men travelling to Bethlehem guided by a star, the Virgin and child receiving their gifts with Christ blessing them, and the magi leaving empty-handed to return home, from the Incarnation and childhood of Christ stained glass window, 12th century, on the Western facade of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siq at night lit by candles, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. The Siq is a 1.2km gorge formed when the earth split by tectonic forces and is the main entrance to Petra. Water channels were carved into the rock on both sides by the Nabateans in the 1st century BC to bring water from springs to the city. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Treasury of the Pharaohs or Khazneh Firaoun, 100 BC - 200 AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. Originally built as a royal tomb, the treasury is so called after a belief that pirates hid their treasure in an urn held here. Carved into the rock face opposite the end of the Siq, the 40m high treasury has a Hellenistic facade with three bare inner rooms. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Nighttime view with candles lighting up the plaza. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave and choir, Chapelle Notre Dame du sourire (Chapel of our smiling lady), Ermitage Sainte-Therese, Lisieux, Normandy, France. The chapel was consecrated in December 2012 by Mgr Boulanger, bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux, after being restored and furnished by sculptor Fleur Nabert. Picture by Manuel Cohen - This picture requires further clearance from the author Fleur Nabert / Autorisation necessaire aupres de l'artiste Fleur Nabert. - Further clearance required, please contact us
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  • Nave and choir, Chapelle Notre Dame du sourire (Chapel of our smiling lady), Ermitage Sainte-Therese, Lisieux, Normandy, France. The chapel was consecrated in December 2012 by Mgr Boulanger, bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux, after being restored and furnished by sculptor Fleur Nabert. Picture by Manuel Cohen - This picture requires further clearance from the author Fleur Nabert / Autorisation necessaire aupres de l'artiste Fleur Nabert. - Further clearance required, please contact us
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  • Nave and choir, Chapelle Notre Dame du sourire (Chapel of our smiling lady), Ermitage Sainte-Therese, Lisieux, Normandy, France. The chapel was consecrated in December 2012 by Mgr Boulanger, bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux, after being restored and furnished by sculptor Fleur Nabert. Picture by Manuel Cohen - This picture requires further clearance from the author Fleur Nabert / Autorisation necessaire aupres de l'artiste Fleur Nabert. - Further clearance required, please contact us
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  • Artist Fleur Nabert posing in the choir, Chapelle Notre Dame du sourire (Chapel of our smiling lady), Ermitage Sainte-Therese, Lisieux, Normandy, France. The chapel was consecrated in December 2012 by Mgr Boulanger, bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux, after being restored and furnished by sculptor Fleur Nabert. Picture by Manuel Cohen - This picture requires further clearance from the author Fleur Nabert / Autorisation necessaire aupres de l'artiste Fleur Nabert.
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  • Floodlit statue of Therese de Lisieux and Vierge du sourire (Smiling Virgin) containing the tabernacle in the shaded choir, Chapelle Notre Dame du sourire (Chapel of our smiling lady), Ermitage Sainte-Therese, Lisieux, Normandy, France. The chapel was consecrated in December 2012 by Mgr Boulanger, bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux, after being restored and furnished by sculptor Fleur Nabert. Picture by Manuel Cohen - This picture requires further clearance from the author Fleur Nabert / Autorisation necessaire aupres de l'artiste Fleur Nabert.
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  • Ambon seen from the side, Chapelle Notre Dame du sourire (Chapel of our smiling lady), Ermitage Sainte-Therese, Lisieux, Normandy, France. The chapel was consecrated in December 2012 by Mgr Boulanger, bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux, after being restored and furnished by sculptor Fleur Nabert. Picture by Manuel Cohen - This picture requires further clearance from the author Fleur Nabert / Autorisation necessaire aupres de l'artiste Fleur Nabert. - Further clearance required, please contact us
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  • Artist Fleur Nabert posing in the choir, Chapelle Notre Dame du sourire (Chapel of our smiling lady), Ermitage Sainte-Therese, Lisieux, Normandy, France. The chapel was consecrated in December 2012 by Mgr Boulanger, bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux, after being restored and furnished by sculptor Fleur Nabert. Picture by Manuel Cohen - This picture requires further clearance from the author Fleur Nabert / Autorisation necessaire aupres de l'artiste Fleur Nabert.
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  • Desk and pinboard in the workshops of Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, restored, at the Chateau du Clos Luce, a manor house built 1468-71, designed in Renaissance style by Albert Dufet, in Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, France. Originally a stronghold of the Chateau d'Amboise, it later became a royal summer residence and Francois I offered its use to Leonardo da Vinci, who lived here 1517-19. The chateau houses a museum and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vespers in the Sistine Chapel, oil painting on canvas, by Louis-Emile Adam, 1839-1937, in the Musee des Ursulines, an art and archaeology museum housed since 1968 in the former Ursulines convent, built 1675-80, in Macon, Saone-et-Loire, France. This painting was inspired by Ceremony in the Sistine Chapel, 1810, by Jean-Dominique Ingres. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Death of the Virgin, painting, c. 1460, from the Lake Constance region, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reception room and dining room, 13th century (monumental fireplace added in the late Middle Ages), in 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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  • Baroque altar with painting and sculptures, in the Stephansdom or St Stephen's Cathedral, catholic cathedral built 14th century under Duke Rudolph IV in Romanesque and Gothic style, on the site of an older church, in Stephansplatz in Vienna, Austria. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Saint statue, detail from a baroque altar, in the Stephansdom or St Stephen's Cathedral, catholic cathedral built 14th century under Duke Rudolph IV in Romanesque and Gothic style, on the site of an older church, in Stephansplatz in Vienna, Austria. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Icons and robes in the Hanging Church, or St Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The church, founded in the 3rd century and built here in 7th century and rebuilt 10th century, sits above the gatehouse to the Babylon Fortress, seemingly suspended above a passage. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statues of St Nicholas of Bari and St Peter of Verona, in a niche, detail from the main altar in the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, in Valencia, Spain. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital featuring the funeral of an abbot, from the convent building along the side of the cloister, at the Abbaye Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery built 1005-9 under Guifred, Count of Cerdanya, on the slopes of the Pic du Canigou, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The abbey complex consists of St Mary's or the lower church, and the abbey church of St Martin's or the upper church, and the bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hermitage of St Anthony of Galamus in the Gorges de Galamus, between Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, and Cubieres sur Cinoble, Aude, Occitanie, France. The hermitage was built in the 14th century as a place of solitude for Franciscan monks, who had originally secluded themselves in caves in the gorge walls. It was then developed further in the 19th century by Pere Marie. The gorge is about 2 miles long and 500m deep, carved by the Agly river through the limestone. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Choir stalls, 16th century, and frescoes, in the Chapelle Saint-Jean-Baptiste in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The chapel was built 1405-13 in International Gothic style, under Yolande d'Aragon, wife of Louis II of Anjou. The Chateau d'Angers in the Loire Valley was founded in the 9th century by the counts of Anjou, and expanded in the 13th century. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pieta, by Antoni Marques, 1506-7, tempera painting on wood, panel from altarpiece of the Trinity Chapel of the Church of Santa Maria in Manresa, Bages, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. Christ's stigmata are clearly visible, and the instruments of the Passion are displayed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baroque main altar in La Martorana, or Concattedrale Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio, a 12th century orthodox church which merged with the adjacent Benedictine convent in 1433, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The church is decorated with 12th century Byzantine mosaics. Palermo's Arab and Norman centre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mme Fouquet's Sitting Room, originally a sitting room for Marie-Madeleine de Castille, then turned into a guest room in 1705, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The room is furnished with a 17th century day bed in blue fabric, a Louis XIV style footstool, a tortoiseshell veneered red cabinet with bone and ebony inlay by Pierre Gole, 1620-84, with 3 potiches and 2 vases in porcelain dating to the 18th century, and a 'doll's head' clock made c. 1650 by Balthazar Martinot. The painting is The Annuncation to Manoah of the Birth of Samson to his Wife by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Louis XIV, marble bust, inspired by Bernini, with the king in armour, in the Square chamber, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The room is decorated in French Renaissance style, and is decorated with scenes of battles of the Marshall de Villars. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Offerings given by Cambodian buddhists during the Khmer New Year celebrations in the Great Pagoda of the Bois de Vincennes, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France, photographed on 14th April 2019. Cambodians celebrate the entrance of the sun to the constellation of the ram, marking the beginning of the Buddhist year 2563. Khmer New Year or Chaul Chnam Thmey marks the end of the dry season and Cambodians celebrate by bringing offerings to temples or wats. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horos, a gold filigree chandelier with images of saints, hung below the central dome in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altar holding the Crown of Thorns, at the ceremony of the Veneration of the Crown of Thorns, or Veneration de la Sainte Couronne d’Epines, on Friday 29th March 2019, by the Ordre des Chevaliers du Saint Sepulcre, or the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, guardians of the relics of Christ's Passion since 1920, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The crown of thorns has been held in Paris since 1239 and at Notre-Dame since 1806, along with a piece of the true cross and a nail from the crucifixion. The crown is held in a tubular reliquary of crystal and gold, with a perforated frame depicting a branch of zizyphus or Spina Christi, made by silversmith M Poussielgue-Rusand, 1861-1933, after drawings by J-G Astruc, 1862-1950. The veneration ceremony usually takes place on the first Friday of each month, every Friday of Lent, and on Good Friday. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Procession through the cathedral, at the Veneration of the Crown of Thorns, or Veneration de la Sainte Couronne d’Epines, on Friday 29th March 2019, by the Ordre des Chevaliers du Saint Sepulcre, or the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, guardians of the relics of Christ's Passion since 1920, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The crown of thorns has been held in Paris since 1239 and at Notre-Dame since 1806, along with a piece of the true cross and a nail from the crucifixion. The crown is held in a tubular reliquary of crystal and gold, with a perforated frame depicting a branch of zizyphus or Spina Christi, made by silversmith M Poussielgue-Rusand, 1861-1933, after drawings by J-G Astruc, 1862-1950. The veneration ceremony usually takes place on the first Friday of each month, every Friday of Lent, and on Good Friday. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cleric putting away the Crown of Thorns after the Veneration of the Crown of Thorns, or Veneration de la Sainte Couronne d’Epines, on Friday 29th March 2019, by the Ordre des Chevaliers du Saint Sepulcre, or the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, guardians of the relics of Christ's Passion since 1920, in the Chapel of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The crown of thorns has been held in Paris since 1239 and at Notre-Dame since 1806, along with a piece of the true cross and a nail from the crucifixion. The crown is held in a tubular reliquary of crystal and gold, with a perforated frame depicting a branch of zizyphus or Spina Christi, made by silversmith M Poussielgue-Rusand, 1861-1933, after drawings by J-G Astruc, 1862-1950. The veneration ceremony usually takes place on the first Friday of each month, every Friday of Lent, and on Good Friday. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entombment of Christ, sculpture in a side chapel 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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  • Entombment of Christ, sculpture in a side chapel 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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  • Funerary monument of Dagobert, 603-39, Merovingian king of France 629-39, with reliefs depicting the legend of John the Hermit, stone, c. 1264, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Dagobert was the first king to be buried in the basilica. The effigy of Dagobert and statues of Nanthild, his wife and Clovis II, his son are 19th century reproductions. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Choir, with statue of Virgin and child, with the Christ child holding a dove, sculpture in polychrome wood, 15th century, on a column, in 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 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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