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  • San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross at prayer, oil painting on wood, 17th century, by an unknown artist, copy of the original held by the Carmelitas Delcalzos in Granada, in the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross with a cross, on the Baroque altarpiece from the Basilica de San Juan de la Cruz, made by monks as well as craftsmen, in Room 2 of the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Passion Cross, c. 1600, Italian, cross with instruments of the Passion or Arma Christi, in the Church of St Mary, or Esglesia de Santa Maria de Cadaques, built in the 17th century, in Cadaques, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. The instruments include the True Cross, Crown of Thorns, pillar, whip, Holy Sponge set on a reed, Holy Lance, reed, INRI, Holy Grail, dice, rooster, ladder, hammer, pincers, vessel of myrrh, moon, lantern and sword. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Engraving of San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross, 18th century, by an unknown artist, from the collection of the Carmelitas Descalzos or Order of the Discalced Carmelites, in the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion sculpture with Christ twisting on the cross, in the Basilica de San Juan de la Cruz, in the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Silver casket containing the remains of San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross, in the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baroque altarpiece from the Basilica de San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross, made by monks as well as craftsmen, in Room 2 of the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Golden Jubilee Bridge, cable-stayed, pedestrian bridge, Hungerford Bridge and floodlit Charing Cross station in the background, 1990, Terry Farrell and Partners, London, UK. The railway bridge often called Charing Cross Bridge, is a steel bridge which first version was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and opened in 1845. Picture by Manuel Cohen.The use of this image may require further clearance / Merci de vous assurer que l'utilisation finale de l'image ne necessite pas d'autorisation supplementaire.
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  • Golden Jubilee Bridge, cable-stayed, pedestrian bridge, Hungerford Bridge and floodlit Charing Cross station in the background, 1990, Terry Farrell and Partners, London, UK. The railway bridge often called Charing Cross Bridge, is a steel bridge which first version was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and opened in 1845. Picture by Manuel Cohen.The use of this image may require further clearance / Merci de vous assurer que l'utilisation finale de l'image ne necessite pas d'autorisation supplementaire.
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  • Hungerford Bridge with floodlit Charing Cross station in the background, 1990, Terry Farrell and Partners, London, UK. The railway bridge often called Charing Cross Bridge, is a steel bridge with two more recent pedestrian bridges on either side. The first version of the bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and opened in 1845. Picture by Manuel Cohen.The use of this image may require further clearance / Merci de vous assurer que l'utilisation finale de l'image ne necessite pas d'autorisation supplementaire.
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  • Clothed and crowned sculpture of the baby Jesus, used by San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross when celebrating Christmas, 16th century, by an unknown artist, in the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross sitting at a desk and writing in a book with a quill pen, in a reconstruction of his cell, using his original table, an 18th century habit and a bench from the the Hospederia de la Carmelitas Descalzas de Beas de Segura, where St John stayed many times, in the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a painted portrait of San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross, in Room 3 of the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion scene from the shaft of the Rothbury Cross, 600-1200 AD, the earliest known Rood in Britain, originally from Rothbury church, Northumberland, one of the finest surviving pieces of Anglo-Saxon sculpture from the Kingdom of Northumbria, now in the Great North Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The cross forms part of the collection of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne and is evidence of the importance of Christianity in post Roman Britain. 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Hungerford Bridge with floodlit Charing Cross station in the background, 1990, Terry Farrell and Partners, seen from the South Bank of the river Thames, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spire and neo Gothic facade added in 1897, Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, 1298 - 1450, Barcelona, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted wooden statue of Santa Teresa de Jesus or St Teresa of Avila, 1515-82, Carmelite Reform author, seated at a desk and writing using a quill pen, late 17th century, by Jose Risueno, 1665–1721, Baroque artist from Granada, in Room 6 (St Michael's Choir Loft) of the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The sculpture belonged to the Convent of the Martyrs in Granada, and is in the collection of the Carmelitas Delcalzos Curia Provincial in Cordoba. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child sculpture from the Baroque altarpiece from the Basilica de San Juan de la Cruz, made by monks as well as craftsmen, in Room 2 of the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ carrying the Cross, meeting Veronica with her cloth and a kneeling donor, mural painting, 1561, restored 1902, in the Collegiate Church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais, built 12th to 16th centuries in Gothic and Renaissance styles, in Gisors, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. The church was consecrated in 1119 by Calixtus II but the nave was rebuilt from 1160 after a fire. The church was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Descent from the Cross, showing the body of Christ, having been removed from the Cross, with the Virgin Mary kissing his hand, and other mourners, from the main altarpiece by Jaume Cicera and Guillem Talarn, 1450-51, in the Church of Sant Miquel, or Church of St Michael, churches of Sant Pere (St Peter), Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain. The church is a simple stone structure of Greek cross plan with 8 reused visigothic columns supporting arches around the central gallery. The Sant Pere complex consists of 2 churches (Sant Pere and Santa Maria) and a baptistery (Sant Miquel, following the Byzantine model. They were built close to the site of old Egara to be the seat of the Egara diocese, founded c. 450 AD. The buildings were completed in the 11th and 12th centuries in Romanesque style, on the site of pre-Romanesque buildings from the Visigothic period. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apse pictured on February 8, 2011 in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, 1298 - 1450, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High vaulted Gothic ceiling with tiered arches to the either side, screen in the foreground and apse in the distance, pictured on February 8, 2011 in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, 1298 - 1450, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapel in the cloister pictured on February 8, 2011 in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, 1298 - 1450, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Choir stalls pictured on February 8, 2011 in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, 1298 - 1450, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High vaulted Gothic ceiling with tiered arches to the either side pictured on February 8, 2011 in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, 1298 - 1450, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High vaulted Gothic ceiling with tiered arches to the either side pictured on February 8, 2011 in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, 1298 - 1450, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gaudian cross atop the tower, with trencadís or broken ceramic tile mosaic, at the Torre Bellesguard, or Casa Figueres, designed in Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1900-09, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building was built in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style on the ruins of an old castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Yellow Eagle, Mandan chief, painting, 1879, oil on canvas, by Henry H Cross, 1837-1918, American artist, from the collection of Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The Native American chief wears a feather headdress and ceremonial necklaces. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue, at the corner of the entablature of the facade of the Baroque Church of the Holy Cross (Chiesa di Santa Croce), 1549-1695, Lecce, Apulia, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figures, supporting the entablature of the facade of the Baroque Church of the Holy Cross (Chiesa di Santa Croce), 1549-1695, Lecce, Apulia, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crypt of Santa Eulalia pictured on February 8, 2011 in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, 1298 - 1450, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Choir stalls pictured on February 8, 2011 in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, 1298 - 1450, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Croix de Fer or iron cross, made in 1957 by ironmonger Martin Cabart, and erected in 1958, on the mountain above Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, at Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Occitanie, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. Today the abbey estate produces AOC Corbieres wine. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Emperor Heraclius bearing the Holy Cross, painting, 1522-1530, by Cristovao de Figueiredo, originally painted for the altarpiece of the Santa Cruz Monastery, in the Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro, Coimbra, Portugal. The museum was opened in 1913 and renovated 2004-2012. The city of Coimbra dates back to Roman times and was the capital of Portugal from 1131 to 1255. Its historic buildings are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of the Descent from the Cross, painted c. 1649, in the Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, built 1644, inside Berat Castle or Kalaja e Beratit, in Berat, South-Central Albania, capital of the District of Berat and the County of Berat. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grotesques figures and animals, supporting the entablature of the facade of the Baroque Church of the Holy Cross (Chiesa di Santa Croce), 1549-1695, Lecce, Apulia, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved pediment of the Baroque Church of the Holy Cross (Chiesa di Santa Croce), 1549-1695, Lecce, Apulia, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grotesques figures and animals, supporting the entablature of the facade of the Baroque Church of the Holy Cross (Chiesa di Santa Croce), 1549-1695, Lecce, Apulia, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figures, supporting the entablature of the facade of the Baroque Church of the Holy Cross (Chiesa di Santa Croce), 1549-1695, Lecce, Apulia, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gaudian cross atop the tower, with trencadís or broken ceramic tile mosaic, at the Torre Bellesguard, or Casa Figueres, designed in Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1900-09, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building was built in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style on the ruins of an old castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cross vaulted ceiling with carved bosses, in the nave of the church, in the Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet, a Cistercian monastery founded in 1151, built by Arnau Bargues in Catalan Gothic style, in Conca de Barbera, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Poblet formed part of the Cistercian Triangle in Catalonia, along with Vallbona de les Monges and Santes Creus, and was the royal burial place of the Aragon dynasty. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cross in the square and entrance to the church at 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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  • Detail from Descent from the Cross, 1560, by Juan de Juanes, 1475-1579, in Spanish Renaissance style, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Porch of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, 1298 - 1450, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The Gothic façade was finished much later, in 1889. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cross, installed July 2018 and bell towers, completed 1977, with the word Sanctus or Holy, on the Passion facade, built 1954-2018, at the Basilica de la Sagrada Familia, an unfinished catholic church designed in Gothic Revival, Art Nouveau and Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and begun in 1882 by Francisco de Paula del Villar, continued from 1883 by Gaudi, consecrated 2010 and still undergoing construction, in Eixample, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The basilica is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photographed 2021. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cross, installed July 2018 and bell towers, completed 1977, with the word Sanctus or Holy, on the Passion facade, built 1954-2018, at the Basilica de la Sagrada Familia, an unfinished catholic church designed in Gothic Revival, Art Nouveau and Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and begun in 1882 by Francisco de Paula del Villar, continued from 1883 by Gaudi, consecrated 2010 and still undergoing construction, in Eixample, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The basilica is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photographed 2021. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cross on the mountain summit, accessed by via ferrata, at Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The via ferrata is a rock climbing course, with participants attached by a harness to a life line, with steps, ladders and stairs in the rock to aid progress. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved cross on the wall of the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lamb of God, detail from the back of a Romanesque painted wooden cross, by Vic workshops, mid 12th century, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ on the cross from the crucifixion scene in the central section of the Crucifixion Altarpiece, 1390-99, in gilded polychromed oak, carved by Jacques de Baerze, 14th century, and painted and gilded by Melchior Broederlam, 1350-1409, originally in the Chartreuse de Champmol, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was commissioned in 1390 and installed in 1399 in the Chapel of the Duc de Berry at Champmol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cross and dome of the Berliner Dom or Berlin Cathedral, redesigned by Julius Raschdorff and completed 1905 in Historicist style after being badly damaged in World War Two, although the original chapel on this site was consecrated in 1454, Museum Island, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. The buildings on Museum Island were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Descent from the Cross, 1560, by Juan de Juanes, 1475-1579, in Spanish Renaissance style, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pillar with a cross carved into its base on Curetes Street, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. Ephesus was an important centre in the early Christian world. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture on facade of the North Gate (Calle de los Condes), Barcelona Cathedral or Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulalia, (Catedral de la Santa Cruz y Santa Eulalia, Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia), 13th-15th centuries, with 19th century facade, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, also known as la Seu, seat of the Archbishop of Barcelona. St Eulalia, a young martyr, is entombed in the crypt of this Gothic style Cathedral. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of St George and the dragon, facade of the North Gate (Calle de los Condes), Barcelona Cathedral or Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulalia, (Catedral de la Santa Cruz y Santa Eulalia, Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia), 13th-15th centuries, with 19th century facade, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, also known as la Seu, seat of the Archbishop of Barcelona. St Eulalia, a young martyr, is entombed in the crypt of this Gothic style Cathedral. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tympanum with Pieta relief, above Calle de la Piedad, an entrance to the Patio, Barcelona Cathedral, or Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulalia, (Catedral de la Santa Cruz y Santa Eulalia, Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia), 13th-15th centuries, with 19th century facade, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, also known as la Seu, seat of the Archbishop of Barcelona. St Eulalia, a young martyr, is entombed in the crypt of this Gothic style Cathedral. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nun polishing the Croix de Lorraine, a 2 armed cross housing a piece of the True Cross, brought back from the Holy Land by the Baugeois crusader Jean D’Alluye in 1244, and embedded in this cross by Louis I of Anjou in the 14th century, at the Chapelle de la Girouardiere, in Bauge-en-Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cross is in oak with gilded silver and pearls, with a sculpture of Christ and of the lamb and the dove. It was made in 1377. The cross was known as the Croix d'Anjou until King Rene married Isabelle of Lorraine in the 15th century, when it became the Croix de Lorraine. The cross was bought by Mother Anne de la Girouardiere, 1740-1827, and conserved it in the chapel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Croix de Lorraine, a 2 armed cross housing a piece of the True Cross, brought back from the Holy Land by the Baugeois crusader Jean D’Alluye in 1244, and embedded in this cross by Louis I of Anjou in the 14th century, at the Chapelle de la Girouardiere, in Bauge-en-Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cross is in oak with gilded silver and pearls, with a sculpture of Christ and of the lamb and the dove. It was made in 1377. The cross was known as the Croix d'Anjou until King Rene married Isabelle of Lorraine in the 15th century, when it became the Croix de Lorraine. The cross was bought by Mother Anne de la Girouardiere, 1740-1827, and conserved it in the chapel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Croix de Lorraine, a 2 armed cross housing a piece of the True Cross, brought back from the Holy Land by the Baugeois crusader Jean D’Alluye in 1244, and embedded in this cross by Louis I of Anjou in the 14th century, at the Chapelle de la Girouardiere, in Bauge-en-Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cross is in oak with gilded silver and pearls, with a sculpture of Christ and of the lamb and the dove. It was made in 1377. The cross was known as the Croix d'Anjou until King Rene married Isabelle of Lorraine in the 15th century, when it became the Croix de Lorraine. The cross was bought by Mother Anne de la Girouardiere, 1740-1827, and conserved it in the chapel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Croix de Lorraine, a 2 armed cross housing a piece of the True Cross, brought back from the Holy Land by the Baugeois crusader Jean D’Alluye in 1244, and embedded in this cross by Louis I of Anjou in the 14th century, at the Chapelle de la Girouardiere, in Bauge-en-Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cross is in oak with gilded silver and pearls, with a sculpture of Christ and of the lamb and the dove. It was made in 1377. The cross was known as the Croix d'Anjou until King Rene married Isabelle of Lorraine in the 15th century, when it became the Croix de Lorraine. The cross was bought by Mother Anne de la Girouardiere, 1740-1827, and conserved it in the chapel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nun storing the Croix de Lorraine, a 2 armed cross housing a piece of the True Cross, brought back from the Holy Land by the Baugeois crusader Jean D’Alluye in 1244, and embedded in this cross by Louis I of Anjou in the 14th century, at the Chapelle de la Girouardiere, in Bauge-en-Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cross is in oak with gilded silver and pearls, with a sculpture of Christ and of the lamb and the dove. It was made in 1377. The cross was known as the Croix d'Anjou until King Rene married Isabelle of Lorraine in the 15th century, when it became the Croix de Lorraine. The cross was bought by Mother Anne de la Girouardiere, 1740-1827, and conserved it in the chapel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Croix de Lorraine, a 2 armed cross housing a piece of the True Cross, brought back from the Holy Land by the Baugeois crusader Jean D’Alluye in 1244, and embedded in this cross by Louis I of Anjou in the 14th century, at the Chapelle de la Girouardiere, in Bauge-en-Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cross is in oak with gilded silver and pearls, with a sculpture of Christ and of the lamb and the dove. It was made in 1377. The cross was known as the Croix d'Anjou until King Rene married Isabelle of Lorraine in the 15th century, when it became the Croix de Lorraine. The cross was bought by Mother Anne de la Girouardiere, 1740-1827, and conserved it in the chapel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The holy cross resurrecting a dead man, detail from the Vitrail du Triomphe de la Croix, or Window of the Triumph of the Cross, stained glass window attributed to Jehan Macadre, 1518, in the Eglise de la Madeleine, built 13th, 16th and 17th century in Gothic style, in Troyes, Champagne, Aube, Grand Est, France. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Discovery of the holy cross by St Helen, mother of Constantine, detail from the Vitrail du Triomphe de la Croix, or Window of the Triumph of the Cross, stained glass window attributed to Jehan Macadre, 1518, in the Eglise de la Madeleine, built 13th, 16th and 17th century in Gothic style, in Troyes, Champagne, Aube, Grand Est, France. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of the Basilica of St John, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". The domes were over the central crossing, choir, transepts and nave. Five domes rested on solid piers in the corners of the cross and surmounted the arms and centre crossing, held in place by massive marble pillars. Storks now nest on the capitals of the columns on the upper storey of the nave arcade or narthex, seen here. The church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apse and transepts of the Basilica of St John, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". The apse is to the East of the church and would have had a central altar. The domes were over the central crossing, choir, transepts and nave. Five domes rested on solid piers in the corners of the cross and surmounted the arms and centre crossing, held in place by massive marble pillars. Storks now nest on the capitals of the columns on the upper storey. The church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative Christian carving showing a cross enclosed in swirling interlinked lines forming a rectangular border, from the nave of the Basilica of St John, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". Originally, the church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mercy, or Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, on Santo Cerro, near La Vega, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The cross marks the site of a battle in 1495 between Christopher Columbus and the Spanish, and the native Indians, when the Virgin miraculously appeared on a wooden cross and the Spanish achieved victory. A convent was established here in 1527, a shrine built where Columbus' cross was erected and a church was built in 1880. The view looks across the Valle De La Vega Real. Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes is the patron saint of the Dominican Republic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aegean ordered Andrew to be crucified and tied to the cross with ropes to prolong his suffering. The cross here is horizontal and guards tie intricate knots in the ropes. Section of Andrew being attached to the cross, from 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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  • Ruins of the Basilica of St John with the 2-storey narthex, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". The domes were over the central crossing, choir, transepts and nave. Five domes rested on solid piers in the corners of the cross and surmounted the arms and centre crossing, held in place by massive marble pillars. Storks now nest on the capitals of the columns on the upper storey of the nave arcade or narthex, seen here. The church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative Christian carving showing a large cross and smaller flowers enclosed in circles within a rectangular border, from the nave of the Basilica of St John, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". Originally, the church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative Christian carving showing 2 crosses with floral motifs in circles and smaller winged crosses below, from the nave of the Basilica of St John, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". Originally, the church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Catcher of the Cross, bronze statue representing a man taking a cross from the sacred waters of Lake Ohrid at Epiphany, beside the harbour at Ohrid, a city on Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia. The city was founded by the Phoenicians and thrived in the classical age, then settled by Byzantines, Slavs and Ottomans. The city and lake are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Catcher of the Cross, bronze statue representing a man taking a cross from the sacred waters of Lake Ohrid at Epiphany, beside the harbour at Ohrid, a city on Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia. The city was founded by the Phoenicians and thrived in the classical age, then settled by Byzantines, Slavs and Ottomans. The city and lake are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Catcher of the Cross, detail, bronze statue representing a man taking a cross from the sacred waters of Lake Ohrid at Epiphany, beside the harbour at Ohrid, a city on Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia. The city was founded by the Phoenicians and thrived in the classical age, then settled by Byzantines, Slavs and Ottomans. The city and lake are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nailing of Christ to the Cross, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by an assistant of Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 36, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Roman soldiers climb ladders to nail Christ to the cross, and below stand the grieving Virgin and Mary Magdalene, with the Sanhedrin on the right. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Christ, from Descent from the Cross from Erill la Vall, early 12th century Romanesque sculpture in polychrome poplar wood, by the workshop of Erill, from the Church of Santa Eulalia, Erill la Vall, la Vall de Boi, Alta Ribagorca, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. The monumental sculpture shows Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea taking Christ's body down from the cross, and sculptures of Dismas and Geslas are also in the collection. The arms are articulated so as to be used in liturgical dramas at Easter. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Descent from the Cross from Erill la Vall, early 12th century Romanesque sculpture in polychrome poplar wood, by the workshop of Erill, from the Church of Santa Eulalia, Erill la Vall, la Vall de Boi, Alta Ribagorca, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. The monumental sculpture shows Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea taking Christ's body down from the cross, and sculptures of Dismas and Geslas are also in the collection. The arms are articulated so as to be used in liturgical dramas at Easter. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Descent from the Cross from Erill la Vall, early 12th century Romanesque sculpture in polychrome poplar wood, by the workshop of Erill, from the Church of Santa Eulalia, Erill la Vall, la Vall de Boi, Alta Ribagorca, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. The monumental sculpture shows Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea taking Christ's body down from the cross, and sculptures of Dismas and Geslas are also in the collection. The arms are articulated so as to be used in liturgical dramas at Easter. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Road to Calvary, Passion scene with Jesus carrying his cross, helped by Simon of Cyrene and a woman from Jerusalem, from the stained glass window of the New Alliance, 1215-25, in bay 3, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The New Alliance window is a typological window, drawing parallels between the Old and New Testaments, specifically with the Passion scenes of Christ carrying the cross, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection with their Old Testament antetypes. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance hall, with heraldic motifs in the vaults, including the coat of arms of the Holy Cross and of Barcelona, and sculptures of angels by Pau Gargallo, 1881-1934, and on the staircase balustrade, the Holy Cross and initial G for Pau Gil, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance hall, with heraldic motifs in the vaults, including the coat of arms of the Holy Cross and of Barcelona, and sculptures of angels by Pau Gargallo, 1881-1934, and on the staircase balustrade, the Holy Cross and initial G for Pau Gil, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St John the Baptist, Mary Magdalene, the Virgin Mary and an unidentified woman kneel before the cross in worship, while an angel flies behind. The Adoration of the Cross, before 1540, from the choir screen, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • The Memorial of Moses or Brazen Serpent Monument at Siyagha, Mount Nebo, Jordan, created by Italian artist Giovanni Fantoni, depicting a snake coiled around a cross. The monument marks the spot where Moses is said to have viewed the Promised Land before he died, as from this high point overlooking the Dead Sea and Jordan Valley, the Holy Land can be viewed on a clear day. The serpent symbolises the bronze snake made by Moses in the wilderness and the healing power of Christ on the cross. The sculpture is also thought to represent Moses' staff. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Descent from the Cross, with Joseph of Arimathaea taking down the body of Jesus, with the Virgin on the left and angels swinging censers above, from the stained glass window of the Passion, 1215-25, in bay 6, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Christ's head wearing the crown of thorns, from Christ carrying the Cross, meeting Veronica with her cloth and a kneeling donor, mural painting, 1561, restored 1902, in the Collegiate Church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais, built 12th to 16th centuries in Gothic and Renaissance styles, in Gisors, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. The church was consecrated in 1119 by Calixtus II but the nave was rebuilt from 1160 after a fire. The church was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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