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  • Il Rogo dei Libri Proibiti, or The Burning of Prohibited Books, Autodafe, 17th century painting by an unknown artist, in the Cappella di San Domenico, in the Chiesa di Santa Caterina d'Alessandria d'Egitto, or Santa Caterina, a Baroque church built 1566-96 between Piazza Bellini and Piazza Pretoria, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Autodafes were regularly held during the Spanish Inquisition under the Catholic Kings from the 15th century, in its protection of Catholicism. Palermo was founded in 734 BC by the Phoenicians, and was settled by the Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs and Normans. Its Arab and Norman centre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Armed man, wearing chain mail, 15th century, statue on the left side of the main door and entrance, Cathedral of San Salvador, 12th-14th century, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Avila Cathedral is a strong, fortress-like cathedral adjoining the famous medieval city walls. Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Retable of main Altar, Convento de Santa Teresa,(Convent of St Teresa), 1629-36,  Avila, Spain, built in Baroque style on the site of St Teresa's birthplace by architect and monk Alonso de san Jose (1600-54). The altar depicts Santa Teresa (1515-82), Carmelite nun, canonized 1622. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of cornice, South facade, Museo Catedratico y Diocesano (Cathedral and Diocesian Museum), Avila Cathedral, 12th-14th centuries, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Begun, 1095, in Romanesque style with fortifications, the style later switched to Gothic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Los Cuatro Postes (The Four Posts), 16th century; City Walls, 11th-14th century, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. This simple shrine, a cross covered by a canopy supported by 4 Doric columns, marks the place where St Theresa's uncle prevented her and her brother from seeking martyrdom in battle with the Moors. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief sculpture, South facade, Museo Catedratico y Diocesano (Cathedral and Diocesian Museum), Avila Cathedral, 12th-14th centuries, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Begun, 1095, in Romanesque style with fortifications, the style later switched to Gothic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Los Cuatro Postes (The Four Posts), 16th century; City Walls, 11th-14th century, with Cathedral, in the distance (looking West), Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. This simple shrine, a cross covered by a canopy supported by 4 Doric columns, marks the place where St Theresa's uncle prevented her and her brother from seeking martyrdom in battle with the Moors. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Romanesque Transept, red and white stone, Avila Cathedral, 12th-14th centuries, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Begun, 1095, in Romanesque style with fortifications, the style later switched to Gothic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Statue of St Teresa, in the Chapel built over the room where she was born, Convento de Santa Teresa,(Convent of St Teresa), 1629-36, Avila, Spain, constructed in Baroque style on the site of St Teresa's birthplace by architect and monk Alonso de san Jose (1600-54). Santa Teresa (1515-82), was a Carmelite nun, canonized 1622. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of Statue of St Teresa, in the Chapel built over the room where she was born, Convento de Santa Teresa,(Convent of St Teresa), 1629-36, Avila, Spain, constructed in Baroque style on the site of St Teresa's birthplace by architect and monk Alonso de san Jose (1600-54). Santa Teresa (1515-82), was a Carmelite nun, canonized 1622. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Los Cuatro Postes (The Four Posts), 16th century, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. This simple shrine, a cross covered by a canopy supported by 4 Doric columns, marks the place where St Theresa's uncle prevented her and her brother from seeking martyrdom in battle with the Moors. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central apse with christ from the 13th century, Iglesia Vera Cruz (Church of the True Cross), 13th century, Road to Zamarramala, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. Constructed by the Knights Templar to house a fragment of the True Cross, consecrated, 1208. Romanesque 12-sided polygonal building broken to the east by the triple apse and to the south by the tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iglesia Vera Cruz (Church of the True Cross), 13th century, Road to Zamarramala, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. Constructed by the Knights Templar to house a fragment of the True Cross, consecrated, 1208. Romanesque 12-sided polygonal building broken to the east by the triple apse and to the south by the tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Alcazar, 12-16th centuries, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The current Alcazar was begun by King Alfonso VIII (1155-1214) and his wife Eleanor of England (1162-1214), and rebuilt 1258. Juan (John) II (1405-54) added the Gothic style Great Tower. Philip II (1527-98) modified the roofs with slate spires in Northern European style. The Alcazar was subsequently a state prison until it became the Royal Artillery School, 1762. It was damaged by fire, 1862 and restored, 1882, becoming a Military College, 1896. Segovia Cathedral, (Catedral de Segovia, Catedral de Santa Maria), 1525-77, by Juan Gil de Hontanon (1480-1526), and continued by his son Rodrigo Gil de Hontanon (1500-1577), visible in the distance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna and Child, 13th century, incomplete sculpture, stone, Eglise St Germain des Pres, Paris, France. The statue was discovered in 1999 during excavations at Place de Furstenberg and found broken into three pieces. Founded as an Abbey in 542 the building was destroyed several times by the Normans and reconsecrated in 1163 by Pope Alexander III. Only the church survived the Abbey's destruction during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden statue of Pontiff, radiating chapel of the ambulatory in the 5-segment hemicycle choir, Eglise St Germain des Pres, Paris, France. Founded as an Abbey in 542 the building was destroyed several times by the Normans and reconsecrated in 1163 by Pope Alexander III. Only the church survived the Abbey's destruction during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Romanesque nave, 11th century, Eglise St Germain des Pres, Paris, France. Founded as an Abbey in 542 the building was destroyed several times by the Normans and reconsecrated in 1163 by Pope Alexander III. Only the church survived the Abbey's destruction during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General view of the Adige River with the Basilica of Saint Anastasia, c.1290-1400, by the Dominican friars Fra' Benvenuto da Imola and Fra' Nicola da Imola, Verona, Italy. The brick built Sant'Anastasia is Italian Gothic in style. It was restored 1878-81. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • View from below of the ceilings of the central nave, Basilica of Saint Anastasia, c.1290-1400, by the Dominican friars Fra' Benvenuto da Imola and Fra' Nicola da Imola, Verona, Italy. It was consecrated in 1471. Sant'Anastasia is Italian Gothic in style. It was restored 1878-81. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of interior of the Duomo, or Cattedrale di Verona, S. Maria Assunta, 12th century, Verona, Italy. The cathedral was built in 1117-38, but the interior was remodeled in the 15th and 16th centuries, in Gothic style, with three aisles divided by tall, broad arches. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of 'Assumption of the Virgin and the Apostles', by Francesco Torbido (1486-1562), painted on the ceiling of the choir apse, Duomo, or Cattedrale di Verona, S. Maria Assunta, 12th century, Verona, Italy. The cathedral was built in 1117-38, but the interior was remodeled in the 15th and 16th centuries, in Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of Allegory of the Annunciation by Giovanni Maria Falconetto, 16th century, Chiesa S. Giorgetto dei Domenicani, also known as S. Pietro Martire, 1283, Verona, Italy. Painted during the occupation of Verona (1509-17) by imperial troops on the eastern wall of the church, this fresco is an allegory of the Annunciation using Northern medieval symbolism inspired by The Songs of Songs including the unicorn, the angel hunter, and the walled garden. It was commissioned by two German advisors to the Emperor Maximilian, who are represented kneeling, in armour. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of fresco depicting a Knight presented by St George to the Virgin, by Badile Bartolomeo, 14th Century, in the Chiesa S. Giorgetto dei Domenicani, also known as S. Pietro Martire, 1283, Verona, Italy. The Church, built by the Dominicans, contains 14th century frescoes which were covered over during the 19th century and damaged when the layer of plaster was later removed. They depict the Brandenburg Knights who arrived in Verona in 1354 to work with Cangrande II. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of a tile on the floor with Spanish golden Castilian castle with red background, La Sainte-Chapelle (The Holy Chapel), 1248, Paris, France. The Castilian castles symbolize Blanche de Castille, Saint Louis' mother. La Sainte-Chapelle was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion Relics, including the Crown of Thorns, and is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of columns decorated with golden Castilian castles with red background, lower chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle (The Holy Chapel), 1248, Paris, France. The Castilian castles symbolize Blanche de Castille, Saint Louis' mother. La Sainte-Chapelle was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house Saint Louis' collection of Passion Relics, including the Crown of Thorns, and is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of statue of apostle in the nave of the Upper chapel, La Sainte-Chapelle (The Holy Chapel), 1248, Paris, France. La Sainte-Chapelle was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion Relics, including the Crown of Thorns. The Sainte-Chapelle is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the reliquary adorned with angels, built on the pattern of the chapel, Upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle (The Holy Chapel), 1248, Paris, France. La Sainte-Chapelle was commissioned by King Louis IX to house his collection of Passion Relics, including the Crown of Thorns. The Sainte-Chapelle is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of pillar made of three small columns on each side of a larger central column decorated with golden French Fleur de lys and flanked by a statue of apostle, nave of the upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle (The Holy Chapel), 1248, Paris, France. La Sainte-Chapelle was commissioned by King Louis IX to house his collection of Passion Relics, including the Crown of Thorns. The Sainte-Chapelle is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from below of the portal of the upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle (The Holy Chapel), 1248, Paris, France. The upper chapel portal is protected by a porch. Its tympanum represents the Last Judgement. Christ in majesty is surrounded by angels holding torture instruments. On the lintel, angels call dead souls to rise from their graves. In the middle, Archangel Michael proceeds to the weighing of the souls while a devil is trying to cheat. The trumeau is decorated by a statue of the Christ blessing the crowds. La Sainte-Chapelle was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion Relics, including the Crown of Thorns, and is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of the trumeau, lintel and tympanum of the upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle (The Holy Chapel), c1248, Paris, France. The upper chapel portal is protected by a porch. Its tympanum represents the Last Judgement. Christ in majesty is surrounded by angels holding torture instruments. On the lintel, angels call dead souls to rise from their graves. In the middle, Archangel Michael proceeds to the weighing of the souls while a devil is trying to cheat. La Sainte-Chapelle was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion Relics, including the Crown of Thorns. The Sainte-Chapelle is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of low reliefs depicting Fleur de lys and Castilian castles on the base of the portal of the lower chapel, La Sainte-Chapelle (The Holy Chapel), 1248, Paris, France.  Fleur de lys and Castilian castles symbolize Saint Louis and his mother, Blanche de Castille. La Sainte-Chapelle was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion Relics, including the Crown of Thorns. It is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the ceiling in the choir of the lower chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle (The Holy Chapel), 1248, Paris, France. The ribs are underlined with red strips and golden L on the vaults decorated with fleur de lys. La Sainte-Chapelle was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion Relics, including the Crown of Thorns, and is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of the nave and the choir of the upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle (The Holy Chapel), 1248, Paris, France. Fifteen huge mid-13th century windows fill the nave and apse of La Sainte-Chapelle which was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion Relics, including the Crown of Thorns. The Sainte-Chapelle is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • City Walls, 11th-14th century, Avila, Spain. Avila has superbly preserved walls built as fortifications against the Moors, an ancient cathedral, Romanesque churches, and is a pilgrimage destination due to its association with Carmelite nun St Teresa (1515-82), canonized 1622. The Old Town has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Panoramic View of the North West City Walls, 11th-14th century, Avila, Spain, with Cathedral, 11th-15th century, in the distance. Avila has superbly preserved walls built as fortifications against the Moors, an ancient cathedral, Romanesque churches, and is a pilgrimage destination due to its association with Carmelite nun St Teresa (1515-82), canonized 1622. The Old Town has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • City Walls, 11th-14th century, Avila, Spain, with Cathedral, 11th-15th century, in the distance (looking West). Avila has superbly preserved walls built as fortifications against the Moors, an ancient cathedral, Romanesque churches, and is a pilgrimage destination due to its association with Carmelite nun St Teresa (1515-82), canonized 1622. The Old Town has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Panoramic View of the North West City Walls, 11th-14th century, Avila, Spain, with Cathedral, 11th-15th century, in the distance. Avila has superbly preserved walls built as fortifications against the Moors, an ancient cathedral, Romanesque churches, and is a pilgrimage destination due to its association with Carmelite nun St Teresa (1515-82), canonized 1622. The Old Town has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Western facade, Avila Cathedral, 12th-14th centuries, Avila, Spain Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Begun, 1095, in Romanesque style with fortifications, the style later switched to Gothic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief sculptures, South facade, Museo Catedratico y Diocesano (Cathedral and Diocesian Museum), Avila Cathedral, 12th-14th centuries, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Begun, 1095, in Romanesque style with fortifications, the style later switched to Gothic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture on portal under the arches, South West facade, Basilica de San Vicente (St Vincent's Basilica), 12th century, attributed to Giral Fruchel, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Located just outside the city walls on the site of the martyrdom of St Vincent. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Capital with animal sculptures, Basilica de San Vicente (St Vincent's Basilica), 12th century, attributed to Giral Fruchel, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain.  Located just outside the city walls on the site of the martyrdom of St Vincent. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gothic Tympanum above North Door, Avila Cathedral, 12th-14th centuries, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Begun, 1095, in Romanesque style with fortifications, the style later switched to Gothic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted sacristy ceiling with gilded decoration, Avila Cathedral, 12th-14th centuries, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Begun, 1095, in Romanesque style with fortifications, the style later switched to Gothic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted sacristy ceiling with gilded decoration, Avila Cathedral, 12th-14th centuries, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Begun, 1095, in Romanesque style with fortifications, the style later switched to Gothic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted sacristy ceiling with gilded decoration and transept, Avila Cathedral, 12th-14th centuries, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Begun, 1095, in Romanesque style with fortifications, the style later switched to Gothic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Alabaster relief sculpture, tomb of Alonso Fernandez de Madrigal (1410-55), Bishop of Avila, known as El Tostado, retrochoir, Avila Cathedral, 12th-14th centuries, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Begun, 1095, in Romanesque style with fortifications, the style later switched to Gothic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Western facade, Avila Cathedral, 12th-14th centuries, Avila, Spain Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Begun, 1095, in Romanesque style with fortifications, the style later switched to Gothic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Portrait of St Teresa, Retable of main Altar, Convento de Santa Teresa,(Convent of St Teresa), 1629-36, Avila, Spain, built in Baroque style on the site of St Teresa's birthplace by architect and monk Alonso de san Jose (1600-54). Santa Teresa (1515-82), was a Carmelite nun, canonized 1622. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of small stained glass window showing Santa Teresa praying, left side of central nave, Convento de Santa Teresa,(Convent of St Teresa), 1629-36, Avila, Spain, built in Baroque style on the site of St Teresa's birthplace by architect and monk Alonso de san Jose (1600-54). Santa Teresa (1515-82), was a Carmelite nun, canonized 1622. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of Portrait of St Teresa, Retable of main Altar, Convento de Santa Teresa,(Convent of St Teresa), 1629-36, Avila, Spain, built in Baroque style on the site of St Teresa's birthplace by architect and monk Alonso de san Jose (1600-54). Santa Teresa (1515-82), was a Carmelite nun, canonized 1622. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Basilica de San Vicente (St Vincent's Basilica), 12th century, attributed to Giral Fruchel, with the city in the background, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Located just outside the city walls on the site of the martyrdom of St Vincent, this Romanesque Basilica of cruciform plan has three naves and three apses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Los Cuatro Postes (The Four Posts), 16th century, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. This simple shrine, a cross covered by a canopy supported by 4 Doric columns, marks the place where St Theresa's uncle prevented her and her brother from seeking martyrdom in battle with the Moors. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Los Cuatro Postes (The Four Posts), 16th century, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. This simple shrine, a cross covered by a canopy supported by 4 Doric columns, marks the place where St Theresa's uncle prevented her and her brother from seeking martyrdom in battle with the Moors. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Statue of St Teresa, main facade, Convento de Santa Teresa,(Convent of St Teresa), 1629-36, Avila, Spain, built in Baroque style on the site of St Teresa's birthplace by architect and monk Alonso de san Jose (1600-54). Santa Teresa (1515-82), was a Carmelite nun, canonized 1622. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of Statue of St Teresa, main facade, Convento de Santa Teresa,(Convent of St Teresa), 1629-36, Avila, Spain, built in Baroque style on the site of St Teresa's birthplace by architect and monk Alonso de san Jose (1600-54). Santa Teresa (1515-82), was a Carmelite nun, canonized 1622. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of Statue of St Teresa, in the Chapel built over the room where she was born, Convento de Santa Teresa,(Convent of St Teresa), 1629-36, Avila, Spain, constructed in Baroque style on the site of St Teresa's birthplace by architect and monk Alonso de san Jose (1600-54). Santa Teresa (1515-82), was a Carmelite nun, canonized 1622. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of Statue of St Teresa, in the Chapel built over the room where she was born, Convento de Santa Teresa,(Convent of St Teresa), 1629-36, Avila, Spain, constructed in Baroque style on the site of St Teresa's birthplace by architect and monk Alonso de san Jose (1600-54). Santa Teresa (1515-82), was a Carmelite nun, canonized 1622. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Cathedral of San Salvador, 12th-14th century, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Avila Cathedral is a strong, fortress-like cathedral adjoining the famous medieval city walls. The presbytery located in the wall and part of the walls oriented to the transept are Late Romanesque style. The development of the naves, its vaults and the two towers (one of them unfinished) are in first Gothic style. Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of St Teresa de Avila "transverberada", San Blass Chaptel (Capilla de san Blas), Cathedral, Avila, Spain. Avila Cathedral, 11th-15th century, is regarded as the first Spanish Gothic Cathedral and its style is French influenced. Santa Teresa (1515-82), was a Carmelite nun, canonized 1622. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Statue of St Teresa de Avila "transverberada", San Blass Chaptel (Capilla de san Blas), Cathedral, Avila, Spain. Avila Cathedral, 11th-15th century, is regarded as the first Spanish Gothic Cathedral and its style is French influenced. Santa Teresa (1515-82), was a Carmelite nun, canonized 1622. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Statue of St Teresa de Avila "transverberada", San Blass Chaptel (Capilla de san Blas), Cathedral, Avila, Spain. Avila Cathedral, 11th-15th century, is regarded as the first Spanish Gothic Cathedral and its style is French influenced. Santa Teresa (1515-82), was a Carmelite nun, canonized 1622. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Iglesia Vera Cruz (Church of the True Cross), 13th century, Road to Zamarramala, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. Constructed by the Knights Templar to house a fragment of the True Cross, consecrated, 1208. Romanesque 12-sided polygonal building broken to the east by the triple apse and to the south by the tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iglesia Vera Cruz (Church of the True Cross), 13th century, Road to Zamarramala, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. Constructed by the Knights Templar to house a fragment of the True Cross, consecrated, 1208. Romanesque 12-sided polygonal building broken to the east by the triple apse and to the south by the tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iglesia Vera Cruz (Church of the True Cross), 13th century, Road to Zamarramala, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. Constructed by the Knights Templar to house a fragment of the True Cross, consecrated, 1208. Romanesque 12-sided polygonal building broken to the east by the triple apse and to the south by the tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of mural, Iglesia Vera Cruz (Church of the True Cross), 13th century, Road to Zamarramala, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. Constructed by the Knights Templar  to house a fragment of the True Cross, consecrated, 1208. Romanesque 12-sided polygonal building broken to the east by the triple apse and to the south by the tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of mural, Iglesia Vera Cruz (Church of the True Cross), 13th century, Road to Zamarramala, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. Constructed by the Knights Templar  to house a fragment of the True Cross, consecrated, 1208. Romanesque 12-sided polygonal building broken to the east by the triple apse and to the south by the tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barrell-vaulted ambulatory with twelve sections, separated by arches, Iglesia Vera Cruz (Church of the True Cross), 13th century, Road to Zamarramala, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. Constructed by the Knights Templar to house a fragment of the True Cross, consecrated, 1208. Romanesque 12-sided polygonal building broken to the east by the triple apse and to the south by the tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of mural, Iglesia Vera Cruz (Church of the True Cross), 13th century, Road to Zamarramala, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. Constructed by the Knights Templar  to house a fragment of the True Cross, consecrated, 1208. Romanesque 12-sided polygonal building broken to the east by the triple apse and to the south by the tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iglesia Vera Cruz (Church of the True Cross), 13th century, Road to Zamarramala, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. Constructed by the Knights Templar to house a fragment of the True Cross, consecrated, 1208. Romanesque 12-sided polygonal building broken to the east by the triple apse and to the south by the tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iglesia Vera Cruz (Church of the True Cross), 13th century, Road to Zamarramala, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. Constructed by the Knights Templar to house a fragment of the True Cross, consecrated, 1208. Romanesque 12-sided polygonal building broken to the east by the triple apse and to the south by the tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Western portal, Iglesia Vera Cruz (Church of the True Cross), 13th century, Road to Zamarramala, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. Constructed by the Knights Templar to house a fragment of the True Cross, consecrated, 1208. Romanesque 12-sided polygonal building broken to the east by the triple apse and to the south by the tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iglesia Vera Cruz (Church of the True Cross), 13th century, Road to Zamarramala, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. Constructed by the Knights Templar to house a fragment of the True Cross, consecrated, 1208. Romanesque 12-sided polygonal building broken to the east by the triple apse and to the south by the tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Segovia Cathedral, (Catedral de Segovia, Catedral de Santa Maria), 1525-77, by Juan Gil de Hontanon (1480-1526), and continued by his son Rodrigo Gil de Hontanon (1500-1577), with city wall in foreground, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. Last Gothic Cathedral in Spain, commissioned by Carlos V (1500-58), after an earlier cathedral was damaged in the Revolt of the Comuneros, 1520. Tower rebuilt, 1614; Dome c.1630 by Pedro de Brizuela (1555-1631); Cathedral consecrated, 1768. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sainte Marguerite, 1705, by frère Jacques Bourlet, Sainte Marguerite altar, southern transept, Eglise St Germain des Pres, Paris, France. Founded as an Abbey in 542 the building was destroyed several times by the Normans and reconsecrated in 1163 by Pope Alexander III. Only the church survived the Abbey's destruction during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gilded capital of column in Romanesque Nave, 11th century, Eglise St Germain des Pres, Paris, France. 19th century copy of original now housed in Musee national du Moyen Age (National Museum of the Middle Ages). The capitals represent the creative genius of Romanesque sculptors in the Ile-de-France.  Founded as an Abbey in 542 St Germain des Pres was destroyed several times by the Normans and reconsecrated 1163 by Pope Alexander III. Only the church survived the Abbey's destruction during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gilded capital of column in Romanesque Nave, 11th century, Eglise St Germain des Pres, Paris, France. 19th century copy of original now housed in Musee national du Moyen Age (National Museum of the Middle Ages). The capitals represent the creative genius of Romanesque sculptors in the Ile-de-France.  Founded as an Abbey in 542 St Germain des Pres was destroyed several times by the Normans and reconsecrated 1163 by Pope Alexander III. Only the church survived the Abbey's destruction during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, 1611, marble gisant sculpture by Michel Bourdin l'Aine, mausoleum, Eglise St Germain des Pres, Paris, France. Founded as an Abbey in 542 the building was destroyed several times by the Normans and reconsecrated in 1163 by Pope Alexander III. Only the church survived the Abbey's destruction during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the tomb of Cangrande I in the della Scala cemetery, 14th century, Church of Santa Maria Antica, 1185, Verona, Italy. This Romanesque church, which stands on the site of a 7th century church destroyed in the 1117 earthquake, was the private church of the Della Scala family who ruled Verona during the 14th century. The tomb of Cangrande I with its imposing canopy crowned by an equestrian statue is a masterpiece of Gothic art. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • High angle view of the Basilica of Saint Anastasia, c.1290-1400, by the Dominican friars Fra' Benvenuto da Imola and Fra' Nicola da Imola, Verona, Italy, with the Torre dei Lamberti (Lamberti Tower), 12th century, behind, and the city stetching out towards the skyline in the background.  The brick built Sant'Anastasia is Italian Gothic in style. It was restored 1878-81. Construction of the 84 metre high brick, tuff brick and marble Lamberti Tower began in 1172. Lightening knocked off the top of the tower in 1403, and it was restored and raised from 1448 to 1463-64. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of the ceiling of the central nave in the crypt, Basilica di San Zeno, 10th-14th centuries, Verona, Italy. This Romanesque church which forms the pattern for Verona's Romanesque style was constructed in 967 but damaged by an earthquake in 1117 and restored and enlarged from 1138 to 1398. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • View from the front of one of two lions supporting the columns of the protryon inside the Basilica di San Zeno, 10th-14th centuries, Verona, Italy. This Romanesque church which forms the pattern for Verona's Romanesque style was constructed 1n 967 but damaged by an earthquake in 1117 and restored and enlarged from 1138 to 1398. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of carved eagle on the capital of a column in the crypt, Basilica di San Zeno, 10th-14th centuries, Verona, Italy. This Romanesque church which forms the pattern for Verona's Romanesque style was constructed in 967 but damaged by an earthquake in 1117 and restored and enlarged from 1138 to 1398. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of carved figures on the capital of a column in the crypt, Basilica di San Zeno, 10th-14th centuries, Verona, Italy. This Romanesque church which forms the pattern for Verona's Romanesque style was constructed in 967 but damaged by an earthquake in 1117 and restored and enlarged from 1138 to 1398. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of carved figures on the capital of a column in the crypt, Basilica di San Zeno, 10th-14th centuries, Verona, Italy. This Romanesque church which forms the pattern for Verona's Romanesque style was constructed in 967 but damaged by an earthquake in 1117 and restored and enlarged from 1138 to 1398. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of the columns in the crypt of the Basilica di San Zeno, 10th-14th centuries, Verona, Italy. This Romanesque church which forms the pattern for Verona's Romanesque style was constructed in 967 but damaged by an earthquake in 1117 and restored and enlarged from 1138 to 1398. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of the raised choir with crypt beneath, of the Basilica di San Zeno, 10th-14th centuries, Verona, Italy. The body of St. Zeno, the Patron Saint of Verona, is preserved in the urn in the apse. This Romanesque church which forms the pattern for Verona's Romanesque style was constructed in 967 but damaged by an earthquake in 1117 and restored and enlarged from 1138 to 1398, with a new roof and Gothic-style apse. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of tombs in the Romanesque cloister of the Basilica di San Zeno, 10th-14th centuries, Verona, Italy. This Romanesque church which forms the pattern for Verona's Romanesque style was constructed in 967 but damaged by an earthquake in 1117 and restored and enlarged from 1138 to 1398. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • View from the side of one of two lions supporting the columns of the protryon inside the Basilica di San Zeno Maggiore, 10th-14th centuries, Verona, Italy. This Romanesque church which forms the pattern for Verona's Romanesque style was constructed in 967 but damaged by an earthquake in 1117 and restored and enlarged from 1138 to 1398. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of the  central nave, Basilica of Saint Anastasia, c.1290-1400, by the Dominican friars Fra' Benvenuto da Imola and Fra' Nicola da Imola, Verona, Italy. It was consecrated in 1471. Sant'Anastasia is Italian Gothic in style, with 3 crossed naves and 5 polygonal apses. It was restored in 1878-81. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of sculpture of hunchback by Gabriele Caliari, 15th century, beneath font, Basilica of Saint Anastasia, c.1290-1400, by the Dominican friars Fra' Benvenuto da Imola and Fra' Nicola da Imola, Verona, Italy. The so called thin Hunchback sculptures may represent workers at the nearby water mills on the Adige River. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of interior of the Duomo, or Cattedrale di Verona, S. Maria Assunta, 12th century, Verona, Italy. The cathedral was built in 1117-38, but the interior was remodeled in the 15th and 16th centuries, in Gothic style, with three aisles divided by tall, broad arches. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of interior of the Duomo, or Cattedrale di Verona, S. Maria Assunta, 12th century, Verona, Italy, showing the lecturn with a statue of Christ in front of the richly painted walls. The cathedral was built in 1117-38, but the interior was remodeled in the 15th and 16th centuries, in Gothic style, with three aisles divided by tall, broad arches. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of interior of the Duomo, or Cattedrale di Verona, S. Maria Assunta, 12th century, Verona, Italy, showing the 'Assumption of the Virgin and the Apostles', by Francesco Torbido (1486-1562), painted on the ceiling of the choir apse. The cathedral was built in 1117-38, but the interior was remodeled in the 15th and 16th centuries, in Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of funerary monument on facade, 1346, Chiesa S. Giorgetto dei Domenicani, also known as S. Pietro Martire, 1283, Verona, Italy. The niched monument represents Bavarino Crescenzi, doctor, holding a lesson. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of wall with frescoes, 14th century, and doorway,  Chiesa S. Giorgetto dei Domenicani, also known as S. Pietro Martire, 1283, Verona, Italy. The Church, built by the Dominicans, contains  14th century frescoes which were covered over during the 19th century and damaged when the layer of plaster was later removed. They depict the Brandenburg Knights who arrived in Verona in 1354 to work with Cangrande II. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of fresco of the crucifixion, 14th century, in the Chiesa S. Giorgetto dei Domenicani, also known as S. Pietro Martire, 1283, Verona, Italy. The Church, built by the Dominicans, contains  many 14th century frescoes. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of fresco depicting a Knight presented by St George to the Virgin, by Badile Bartolomeo, 14th Century, in the Chiesa S. Giorgetto dei Domenicani, also known as S. Pietro Martire, 1283, Verona, Italy. The Church, built by the Dominicans, contains 14th century frescoes which were covered over during the 19th century and damaged when the layer of plaster was later removed. They depict the Brandenburg Knights who arrived in Verona in 1354 to work with Cangrande II. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of fresco depicting a Knight presented by St George to the Virgin, by Badile Bartolomeo, 14th Century, in the Chiesa S. Giorgetto dei Domenicani, also known as S. Pietro Martire, 1283, Verona, Italy. The Church, built by the Dominicans, contains 14th century frescoes which were covered over during the 19th century and damaged when the layer of plaster was later removed. They depict the Brandenburg Knights who arrived in Verona in 1354 to work with Cangrande II. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of fresco depicting a Knight presented by St George to the Virgin, by Badile Bartolomeo, 14th Century, in the Chiesa S. Giorgetto dei Domenicani, also known as S. Pietro Martire, 1283, Verona, Italy. The Church, built by the Dominicans, contains 14th century frescoes which were covered over during the 19th century and damaged when the layer of plaster was later removed. They depict the Brandenburg Knights who arrived in Verona in 1354 to work with Cangrande II. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Tomb of Cangrande I in the della Scala cemetery, 14th century,  Church of Santa Maria Antica, 1185, Verona, Italy, seen through the fence of a tomb. This Romanesque church was the private church of the Della Scala family who ruled Verona during the 14th century. The tombs are masterpieces of Gothic art. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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