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  • Baptismal font, 11th century, in black Tournai stone, with 4 faces representing either the Evangelists, or the 4 Rivers of Paradise (Tigris, Euphrates, Gihon and Pison), in the South transept, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. Behind the font is 15th century wood panelling. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Baptismal font, 11th century, in black Tournai stone, with 4 faces representing either the Evangelists, or the 4 Rivers of Paradise (Tigris, Euphrates, Gihon and Pison), in the South transept, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. Behind the font is 15th century wood panelling. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Baptismal font, 13th century, with Carolingian chancel slab with relief of interlacing foliage, in the Eglise des Saints-Jumeaux, built 13th century, in Saints-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The church replaced a 5th century building made to house the relics of the Holy Twins, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptismal font, made 15th century in Gothic style, by Pere Comte and Pere Balaguer, originally made as a public fountain and moved to the church in the 18th century, in the Parroquia de la Asuncion de Nuestra Senora, or Bocairent Cathedral, in Bocairent, a medieval village in the Sierra de Mariola mountains in Vall d'Albaida, Valencia, Spain. These stone masons also built the Miguelete tower and the Lonja de la Seda in Valencia. The church was originally built in Gothic style in 1516 on the old Moorish castle, but was later adapted in a baroque style. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Font in the Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great, or Great St Bart's, an Anglican church founded 1123, in the City of London, London, England. The building was founded as an Augustinian priory in 1123, and adjoins St Bartholomew's Hospital. It is a Grade I listed building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of the baptism of Christ by St John the Baptist in the river Jordan, with an angel, on the baptismal font, 15th century, moved here in the 19th century from the Church of St-Jacques-aux-Nonnains, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of the baptism of Christ by St John the Baptist in the river Jordan, with an angel, on the baptismal font, 15th century, moved here in the 19th century from the Church of St-Jacques-aux-Nonnains, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble font, 18th century, with 16th century Gothic frescoes behind, in the Baptismal Chapel or Chapelle des fonts baptismaux or Chapelle de Sainte Cecile, in the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais or Cathedral of St Peter of Beauvais, an incomplete Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral consecrated in 1272, Beauvais, Oise, Picardy, France. The cathedral consists only of a transept built in the 16th century and choir, with apse and 7 polygonal apsidal chapels from the 13th century. It was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptismal font and altar behind, in the Marienkirche or St Mary's Church, begun in the 13th century but fully restored in 1950, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptismal font in coloured marble in Victorian style, installed 1901 in memory of R H Smith, in the Cathedrale de la Sainte Trinite, or Holy Trinity Cathedral, an Anglican cathedral built 1800-04 in neoclassical Palladian style by William Robe and William Hall, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The cathedral is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada, and the Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptismal font with stone reliefs, 15th century, moved here in the 19th century from the Church of St-Jacques-aux-Nonnains, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptismal font and statue of Christ as a pilgrim, in the entrance to the left of the portal in the North ambulatory, in the Abbatiale Sainte-Foy de Conques or Abbey-church of Saint-Foy, Conques, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrenees, France, a Romanesque abbey church begun 1050 under abbot Odolric to house the remains of St Foy, a 4th century female martyr. The church is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago da Compostela, and is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone baptismal font used in the baptism of Saint Louis on 12th April 1214, behind a metal grille in the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. Saint Louis was baptised here in 1214. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840 and has been restored by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone baptismal font used in the baptism of Saint Louis on 12th April 1214, behind a metal grille in the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. Saint Louis was baptised here in 1214. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840 and has been restored by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone baptismal font used in the baptism of Saint Louis on 12th April 1214, behind a metal grille in the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. Saint Louis was baptised here in 1214. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840 and has been restored by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font del Bou, or Bull Fountain, with stone sculpture of the bull of St Luke, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font del Lleo, or Lion Fountain, with stone sculpture of the lion of St Mark, at the pergola in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font del Bou, or Bull Fountain, with stone sculpture of the bull of St Luke, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font del Bou, or Bull Fountain, with stone sculpture of the bull of St Luke, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font del Lleo, or Lion Fountain, with stone sculpture of the lion of St Mark, at the pergola in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font del Bou, or Bull Fountain, with stone sculpture of the bull of St Luke, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font del Lleo, or Lion Fountain, with stone sculpture of the lion of St Mark, at the pergola in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font del Lleo, or Lion Fountain, with stone sculpture of the lion of St Mark, at the pergola in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font with a lion in the corner of the Cloister, built in Manueline style by Diogo Boitac, Joao de Castilho and Diogo de Torralva, completed 1541, in the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The cloister wings have wide arcades with rectangular column and tracery within the arches. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font with a lion in the corner of the Cloister, built in Manueline style by Diogo Boitac, Joao de Castilho and Diogo de Torralva, completed 1541, in the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The cloister wings have wide arcades with rectangular column and tracery within the arches. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font with a lion in the corner of the Cloister, built in Manueline style by Diogo Boitac, Joao de Castilho and Diogo de Torralva, completed 1541, in the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The cloister wings have wide arcades with rectangular column and tracery within the arches. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone lion with water spout mouth on a font in the corner of the Cloister, built in Manueline style by Diogo Boitac, Joao de Castilho and Diogo de Torralva, completed 1541, in the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The cloister wings have wide arcades with rectangular column and tracery within the arches. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptismal font, 11th century, in black Tournai stone, with 4 faces representing either the Evangelists, or the 4 Rivers of Paradise (Tigris, Euphrates, Gihon and Pison), in the South transept, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Baptismal font carved in stone with wrought iron cover forged by Marrou, in the baptistery in the lower room of the Tour Saint-Romain, in Rouen Cathedral or the Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Rouen, built 12th century in Gothic style, with work continuing through the 13th and 14th centuries, Rouen, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font del Bou, or Bull Fountain, with stone sculpture of the bull of St Luke, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_0758.jpg
  • Font del Lleo, or Lion Fountain, with stone sculpture of the lion of St Mark, at the pergola in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font del Bou, or Bull Fountain, with stone sculpture of the bull of St Luke, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font del Lleo, or Lion Fountain, with stone sculpture of the lion of St Mark, at the pergola in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font del Lleo, or Lion Fountain, with stone sculpture of the lion of St Mark, at the pergola in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font del Bou, or Bull Fountain, with stone sculpture of the bull of St Luke, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font del Bou, or Bull Fountain, with stone sculpture of the bull of St Luke, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble font from a fountain replicating a nymphaeum, Roman, early 2nd century AD, from the peristyle or garden of a house, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Liturgical font in wall beside entrance, with semicircular arched design, in the high chapel or Chapelle Sainte-Croix, consecrated 1309, at the Palais des Rois de Majorque, or Palace of the Kings of Majorca, built 1276-1309 by Ramon Pau, Pons Descoll and Bernat Quer, for King James II of Majorca, in Puig del Rey, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The fortified palace is in Late Romanesque and Gothic style and is built around 3 courtyards. It was fortified by Louis XI and renovated by Charles V and Vauban in the 15th and 17th centuries. In the 13th century, Perpignan was the capital of the Kingdom of Majorca. The palace is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cherub with water spout, sculptural detail from a font in the chapel adjoining the church, at the Mission San Jose, or Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, a Spanish catholic colonial mission and church originally established in 1720 and completed in 1782, to spread Christianity among Native Americans, the largest of 4 missions in the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The complex was home to 350 Indians and had its own mill and granary. It was restored in the 1930s and again in 2011. It forms part of the San Antonio Missions UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font with a lion in the corner of the Cloister, built in Manueline style by Diogo Boitac, Joao de Castilho and Diogo de Torralva, completed 1541, in the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The cloister wings have wide arcades with rectangular column and tracery within the arches. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptismal font, 11th century, in black Tournai stone, with 4 faces representing either the Evangelists, or the 4 Rivers of Paradise (Tigris, Euphrates, Gihon and Pison), in the South transept, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. To the right is 15th century wood panelling. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Baptismal font, 11th century, in black Tournai stone, with 4 faces representing either the Evangelists, or the 4 Rivers of Paradise (Tigris, Euphrates, Gihon and Pison), on the left a bird with snake tail representing the struggle between good and evil, and on the right an animal figure, in the South transept, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Baptismal font, 11th century, in black Tournai stone, with 4 faces representing either the Evangelists, or the 4 Rivers of Paradise (Tigris, Euphrates, Gihon and Pison), and an animal figure, in the South transept, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Baptismal font, 11th century, in black Tournai stone, with 4 faces representing either the Evangelists, or the 4 Rivers of Paradise (Tigris, Euphrates, Gihon and Pison), on the left a bird with snake tail representing the struggle between good and evil, and on the right an animal figure, in the South transept, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Baptismal font, 11th century, in black Tournai stone, with 4 faces representing either the Evangelists, or the 4 Rivers of Paradise (Tigris, Euphrates, Gihon and Pison), and the bird with snake tail representing the struggle between good and evil, in the South transept, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Baptismal font, 11th century, in black Tournai stone, with 4 faces representing either the Evangelists, or the 4 Rivers of Paradise (Tigris, Euphrates, Gihon and Pison), in the South transept, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Baptismal font, 11th century, in black Tournai stone, with 4 faces representing either the Evangelists, or the 4 Rivers of Paradise (Tigris, Euphrates, Gihon and Pison) and carved symbols of life, in the South transept, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Font del Lleo, or Lion Fountain, with stone sculpture of the lion of St Mark, at the pergola in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapelle des Fonts Baptismaux, a lateral chapel containing the baptismal fonts, in the South ambulatory of the Cathedral Saint-Samson, begun in the 13th century on the site of an older church and completed in the 18th century, in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The cathedral is dedicated to one of the founding saints of Brittany and until 1801 was the seat of the archbishopric of Dol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pope Alexander II inaugurating the holy water font, sculptural detail in plaster from the holy water font in the South transept, 1834, by Eugene Bion, in the Eglise Saint-Eustache or Church of St Eustache, built 1532-1632 at Les Halles, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptismal font and choir of the Catedral de la Asuncion de Jaen, or Santa Iglesia Catedral de la Asuncion de la Virgen, in Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The choir was built 1730-36 by Jose Gallego and Oviedo del Portal, with walnut stalls, and is one of the largest in Spain. The current cathedral was built in the 16th century on the site of an older building, and is known for its Renaissance chapter house and sacristy by Andres de Vandelvira and its Baroque facade by Eufrasio Lopez de Rojas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a stone font at Santa Maria de Taull Church, 1123, consecrated by Ramon Guillem, the bishop of Roda, Taull, Province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. This church is part of the Catalan Romanesque churches of the Vall de Boí which were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in November 2000. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chasuble with orfroi embroidery in gold, 1910, with medallion of Saint Louis holding the crown of thorns on a cushion; the crown of thorns with 3 nails; baptismal font with 3 crosses and "Louis de Poissy", and banner of Saint Denis, from the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. Saint Louis or King Louis IX of France was born in Poissy in 1214. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medallion with a baptismal font with 3 crosses inscribed "Louis de Poissy", from a Chasuble with orfroi embroidery in gold, 1910, from the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptismal font sculpted in travertine stone, contemporary creation by Jean-Marie Duthilleul, 21st century, Nanterre Cathedral (Cathédrale Sainte-Geneviève-et-Saint-Maurice de Nanterre), 1924 - 1937, by architects Georges Pradelle and Yves-Marie Froidevaux, Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptismal font sculpted in travertine stone, contemporary creation by Jean-Marie Duthilleul, 21st century, Nanterre Cathedral (Cathédrale Sainte-Geneviève-et-Saint-Maurice de Nanterre), 1924 - 1937, by architects Georges Pradelle and Yves-Marie Froidevaux, Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Large octagonal baptistery of the Basilica of St John with the nave arcade behind, 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 baptistery consists of an octagonal central part surrounded by a corridor and corner rooms and flanked with apsidal halls to the east and the west. In the floor is the baptismal font. 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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  • Relief of 2 cherubs with classical font, sculptural detail from the monumental spiral staircase, 16th century, French School, on the interior South East facade of the Francois I wing, in Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The staircase is covered in bas-relief sculptures and looks onto the courtyard of the chateau. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Second floor of the main entrance hall with marble work by Alfons Juyol and mosaics by Lluis Bru, in the Casa Navas, built 1902-7 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, on the Plaza del Mercadal or Market Square in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The original skylight above was destroyed in 1938 during the Spanish Civil War, and was restored in 1990 by Maria Font Rubin, the Carandell But workshop and Carmen Fernandez. The house was built for Joaquim Navas Padro. The interiors were completed by Alfons Juyol i Bach (marble), Tomas Bergada (paintings), Gaspar Homar (furniture) and Hipolit Montseny (ceramics). The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Second floor of the main entrance hall with marble work by Alfons Juyol and mosaics by Lluis Bru, in the Casa Navas, built 1902-7 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, on the Plaza del Mercadal or Market Square in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The original skylight above was destroyed in 1938 during the Spanish Civil War, and was restored in 1990 by Maria Font Rubin, the Carandell But workshop and Carmen Fernandez. The house was built for Joaquim Navas Padro. The interiors were completed by Alfons Juyol i Bach (marble), Tomas Bergada (paintings), Gaspar Homar (furniture) and Hipolit Montseny (ceramics). The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Second floor of the main entrance hall with marble work by Alfons Juyol and mosaics by Lluis Bru, in the Casa Navas, built 1902-7 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, on the Plaza del Mercadal or Market Square in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The original skylight above was destroyed in 1938 during the Spanish Civil War, and was restored in 1990 by Maria Font Rubin, the Carandell But workshop and Carmen Fernandez. The house was built for Joaquim Navas Padro. The interiors were completed by Alfons Juyol i Bach (marble), Tomas Bergada (paintings), Gaspar Homar (furniture) and Hipolit Montseny (ceramics). The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Second floor of the main entrance hall with marble work by Alfons Juyol and mosaics by Lluis Bru, in the Casa Navas, built 1902-7 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, on the Plaza del Mercadal or Market Square in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The original skylight above was destroyed in 1938 during the Spanish Civil War, and was restored in 1990 by Maria Font Rubin, the Carandell But workshop and Carmen Fernandez. The house was built for Joaquim Navas Padro. The interiors were completed by Alfons Juyol i Bach (marble), Tomas Bergada (paintings), Gaspar Homar (furniture) and Hipolit Montseny (ceramics). The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font and wall painting with the motto of Nicolas Rolin, Seulle and a star, the initials N and G and a bird on a branch, in the Chapel, in the Salle des Povres or Room of the Poor, in Les Hospices de Beaune, or Hotel-Dieu de Beaune, a charitable almshouse and hospital for the poor, built 1443-57 by Flemish architect Jacques Wiscrer, and founded by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, in Beaune, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The hospital was run by the nuns of the order of Les Soeurs Hospitalieres de Beaune, and remained a hospital until the 1970s. The building now houses the Musee de l'Histoire de la Medecine, or Museum of the History of Medicine, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved faces with wreaths and water-spouts in their mouths, 16th - 17th century, on the font in the Convento da Ordem do Carmo or Carmo Convent, a Carmelite convent founded 1389 and destroyed in the 1755 earthquake, Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal. The adjoining Carmo Church houses an archaeological museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Holy water font, bronze, 2012, by Fleur Nabert, Chapelle Notre Dame du sourire (Chapel of our smiling lady), Ermitage Sainte-Therese, Lisieux, Normandy, France. The chapel was consecrated in December 2012 by Mgr Boulanger, bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux, after being restored and furnished by sculptor Fleur Nabert. Picture by Manuel Cohen - This picture requires further clearance from the author Fleur Nabert / Autorisation necessaire aupres de l'artiste Fleur Nabert. - Further clearance required, please contact us
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  • PIGALLE, Jean-Baptiste, 1714-85, Benitier (Holy water Font), Eglise Saint-Sulpice (St Sulpitius' Church), c.1646-1745, late Baroque church on the Left Bank, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • PIGALLE, Jean-Baptiste, 1714-85, Benitier (Holy water Font), Eglise Saint-Sulpice (St Sulpitius' Church), c.1646-1745, late Baroque church on the Left Bank, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A la paroisse Saint Jean de Montmartre, le 20 janvier 2011, le sculpteur orfèvre Goudji pose devant un benitier qu'il a créé. In the church of Saint Jean de Montmartre in Paris, 18th arrondissement, on January 20, 2011, Goudji is posing behind a holy water font that he had created for the church. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Constantine is half immersed in the baptismal font, wearing his crown, while the Pope baptises him. 3 clerics witness the baptism, one holds the vials of holy oil while another holds the white robes Constantine will wear after the baptism. Section of the Baptism of Emperor Constantine, from the Life of St Sylvester stained glass window, 1210-25, in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. St Sylvester was Pope 314-35 AD during the reign of Constantine the Great (306-37). 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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  • The Double Churches, or The Church of Mary, with a font in the foreground, Roman, 2nd century AD, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This church is known as the Double Church because one aisle was dedicated to the Virgin and the other to St John, and as the Council Church because the Council of Ephesus is believed to have been held here in 431 AD. It is also known as the Hall of the Muses and was used as an education and cultural centre. After Christianity became the official religion of Rome, it was converted into a basilica. It was the first church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It was 260m in length, and was built with columns in the form of a basilica with a baptistry. After it was partly destroyed, the western part formed a domed basilica, and when this too was ruined, the eastern part of the old basilica was turned into a church. 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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  • The Double Churches, or The Church of Mary, with a font in the foreground, Roman, 2nd century AD, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This church is known as the Double Church because one aisle was dedicated to the Virgin and the other to St John, and as the Council Church because the Council of Ephesus is believed to have been held here in 431 AD. It is also known as the Hall of the Muses and was used as an education and cultural centre. After Christianity became the official religion of Rome, it was converted into a basilica. It was the first church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It was 260m in length, and was built with columns in the form of a basilica with a baptistry. After it was partly destroyed, the western part formed a domed basilica, and when this too was ruined, the eastern part of the old basilica was turned into a church. 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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  • The baptism of Saint Louis, 25th April 1214, with Philippe II Auguste and Ingeburge of Denmark, stained glass window, 1939, by Hollart and Provenzano, surrounding the baptismal fonts in the Chapelle Saint Louis in the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. The chapel windows illustrate the baptism, education and coronation of Saint Louis, or King Louis IX of France, born in Poissy in 1214. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapelle Sainte-Croix or Chapel of the Holy Cross, built 1547-49 in Renaissance style, with altar, baptismal fonts, floor mosaic of 1887 and ionic and corinthian columns, at the Cathedrale Saint-Mammes or Langres Cathedral, built 1150-96 in Romanesque and Gothic styles, with a Neoclassical facade rebuilt 1761-86 designed by Claude-Louis D'Aviler. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapelle Sainte-Croix or Chapel of the Holy Cross, built 1547-49 in Renaissance style, with altar, baptismal fonts, floor mosaic of 1887 and ionic and corinthian columns, at the Cathedrale Saint-Mammes or Langres Cathedral, built 1150-96 in Romanesque and Gothic styles, with a Neoclassical facade rebuilt 1761-86 designed by Claude-Louis D'Aviler. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapelle Sainte-Croix or Chapel of the Holy Cross, built 1547-49 in Renaissance style, with altar, baptismal fonts, floor mosaic of 1887 and ionic and corinthian columns, at the Cathedrale Saint-Mammes or Langres Cathedral, built 1150-96 in Romanesque and Gothic styles, with a Neoclassical facade rebuilt 1761-86 designed by Claude-Louis D'Aviler. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptism of Christ by John the Baptist in the river Jordan, baptism of Clovis in 496 by St Remi and the immersion baptism of Saint Louis, stained glass window at the baptismal fonts in the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapelle Sainte-Croix or Chapel of the Holy Cross, built 1547-49 in Renaissance style, with altar, baptismal fonts, floor mosaic of 1887 and ionic and corinthian columns, at the Cathedrale Saint-Mammes or Langres Cathedral, built 1150-96 in Romanesque and Gothic styles, with a Neoclassical facade rebuilt 1761-86 designed by Claude-Louis D'Aviler. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve with the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, high relief, marble, detail from 1 of 2 holy water fonts, 1462-63, by Antonio Federighi, 1420-83, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave, Basilique Notre-Dame-d'Esperance, built 1499 - 17th century in Gothic style, in Charleville-Mezieres, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The nave is 16th century and the stained glass windows, 1954-79, are by Andre Seurre after cartoons by Rene Durrbach, 1961-73. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Descent from the Cross, mural, 1490-1500, late Gothic, in oil paint by an unknown artist, in the Capilla de la Piedad, now a baptismal chapel, in the Catedral del Salvador de Albarracin, 16th century, in the medieval town of Albarracin, Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The mural painting is badly damaged and is being restored. Albarracin was founded as a Moorish town in the 11th century and became an independent lordship until the 13th century. The town is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The conversion (left) and baptism (right) of Anianus and his wife by St Mark, from the Retaule de Sant Marc i Sant Ania (Retablo de San Marcos y San Aniano), or Altarpiece of St Mark and St Anianus, 1346, by Arnau Bassa, in the Colegiata Basilica de Santa Maria, or Collegiate Basilica of Santa Maria, also known as La Seu, built in Gothic style by Berenguer de Montagut, from 1328 until 1486, around an existing 11th century Romanesque church, Manresa, Catalonia, Spain. St Anianus of Alexandria was a shoemaker who was converted by St Mark the Evangelist, worked with him in Alexandria, Egypt, and succeeded him as bishop there. Arnau Bassa was commissioned by the Shoemaker's Guild, and there are many images of shoes in the altarpiece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High relief of the baptism of Clovis by St Remi, from the Altarpiece of the 3 baptisms, 1610, attributed to Nicolas Jacques, in the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of St Remi, Reims, France. The 11th century, mainly Romanesque, church, contains the relics of St Remi, the Bishop of Reims, who converted Clovis, the King of the Franks, to Christianity in 496 AD. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altarpiece of the 3 baptisms, 1610, attributed to Nicolas Jacques, with high reliefs of the baptism of Constantine by St Sylvester (left), baptism of Christ by St John the Baptist (centre) and baptism of Clovis by St Remi (right), in the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of St Remi, Reims, France. The 11th century, mainly Romanesque, church, contains the relics of St Remi, the Bishop of Reims, who converted Clovis, the King of the Franks, to Christianity in 496 AD. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High relief of the baptism of Clovis by St Remi, from the Altarpiece of the 3 baptisms, 1610, attributed to Nicolas Jacques, in the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of St Remi, Reims, France. The 11th century, mainly Romanesque, church, contains the relics of St Remi, the Bishop of Reims, who converted Clovis, the King of the Franks, to Christianity in 496 AD. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High relief of the baptism of Clovis by St Remi, from the Altarpiece of the 3 baptisms, 1610, attributed to Nicolas Jacques, in the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of St Remi, Reims, France. The 11th century, mainly Romanesque, church, contains the relics of St Remi, the Bishop of Reims, who converted Clovis, the King of the Franks, to Christianity in 496 AD. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High relief of Clovis, from the baptism of Clovis by St Remi, from the Altarpiece of the 3 baptisms, 1610, attributed to Nicolas Jacques, in the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of St Remi, Reims, France. The 11th century, mainly Romanesque, church, contains the relics of St Remi, the Bishop of Reims, who converted Clovis, the King of the Franks, to Christianity in 496 AD. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High relief of the baptism of Clovis by St Remi, from the Altarpiece of the 3 baptisms, 1610, attributed to Nicolas Jacques, in the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of St Remi, Reims, France. The 11th century, mainly Romanesque, church, contains the relics of St Remi, the Bishop of Reims, who converted Clovis, the King of the Franks, to Christianity in 496 AD. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High relief of the baptism of Constantine by St Sylvester, from the Altarpiece of the 3 baptisms, 1610, attributed to Nicolas Jacques, in the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of St Remi, Reims, France. The 11th century, mainly Romanesque, church, contains the relics of St Remi, the Bishop of Reims, who converted Clovis, the King of the Franks, to Christianity in 496 AD. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaics panel based on the stainglass figurative stories achieved in 2012-2013 by the pupils of the school Notre Dame de Poissy under the direction of mosaics artist Sandrina Van Geel, Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, showing the Western bell tower and chapels of the North aisle, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. This panel depicts the baptism of Saint Louis, held by his mother Blanche of Castile in 1214. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840 and has been restored by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High relief of the baptism of Clovis by St Remi, from the Altarpiece of the 3 baptisms, 1610, attributed to Nicolas Jacques, in the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of St Remi, Reims, France. The 11th century, mainly Romanesque, church, contains the relics of St Remi, the Bishop of Reims, who converted Clovis, the King of the Franks, to Christianity in 496 AD. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High relief of the baptism of Clovis by St Remi, from the Altarpiece of the 3 baptisms, 1610, attributed to Nicolas Jacques, in the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of St Remi, Reims, France. The 11th century, mainly Romanesque, church, contains the relics of St Remi, the Bishop of Reims, who converted Clovis, the King of the Franks, to Christianity in 496 AD. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptism of Clovis by St Remi, oil painting by Jean Hellart, 1618-85, in the Musee Saint-Remi, an art and archaeology museum in the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of Saint-Remi, founded 6th century, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptism of emperor 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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  • Baptism, detail, from the Altarpiece of St Martin of Tours, early 15th century, Gothic tempera painting on wood, from the Church of Sant Marti Sescorts, L'Esquirol, Osona, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. The artist is known as the Master of Anaemic Figures due to the pale stylistic figures with dark outlines. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptism, from the Altarpiece of St Martin of Tours, early 15th century, Gothic tempera painting on wood, from the Church of Sant Marti Sescorts, L'Esquirol, Osona, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. The artist is known as the Master of Anaemic Figures due to the pale stylistic figures with dark outlines. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St John the Baptist, bronze statue by Donatello, 1386-1466, in the Chapel of St John the Baptist, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of bellringing, on a tympanum over a door to the staircase leading to the chapel, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur personally instructed that the function of the room should be described in the tympanum of its door. Fulcanelli stated that Jacques Coeur was an alchemist and it is believed that some of these symbols refer to alchemy, for example the closed book symbolising virgin matter and the ill figure on the left seeking a universal remedy. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Firmin baptising the people of Amiens, Gothic style polychrome high-relief sculpture from the South side of the choir screen, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt, depicting the life of St Firmin, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. St Firmin, 272-303 AD, was the first bishop of Amiens. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altar, with ionic columns and Virgin and child statue, alabaster, 1341, by Evrard d'Orleans, in the Chapelle Sainte-Croix or Chapel of the Holy Cross, built 1547-49 in Renaissance style, at the Cathedrale Saint-Mammes or Langres Cathedral, built 1150-96 in Romanesque and Gothic styles, with a Neoclassical facade rebuilt 1761-86 designed by Claude-Louis D'Aviler. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptism of St Augustine by St Ambrose, detail, polychrome stone sculptural group, in the Baptismal Chapel of the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, or Troyes cathedral, begun 1208 in Gothic style and completed in the 17th century, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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