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  • Funerary slabs in the Bourbon vault or Hilduin chapel, with walls and capitals dating to the 12th century, in the crypt of the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. This remains interred in this vault include Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVIII and Louis VII. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary slabs in the Bourbon vault or Hilduin chapel, with walls and capitals dating to the 12th century, in the crypt of the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. This remains interred in this vault include Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVIII and Louis VII. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gothic ceiling vault above the spiral staircase in the tower beside the internal courtyard or Cour d'Honneur, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. 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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  • Angel musicians in the vault of the left entrance door of the South East portal, Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, Poissy, Yvelines, France. In the tympanum, heavenly rays reach three fleurs de lys in a vase, representing the Virgin, and the dove of the holy spirit flies along a ray. The wooden door was sculpted in 1540, and the whole entrance was restored 1999-2000. 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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  • Marble pillars and ribbed cross vaults of a trapezoidal room on the upper floor of the Castel del Monte, a 13th century citadel and castle in Andria, Puglia, Southern Italy. Each floor consists of 8 trapezoidal rooms, with a ribbed cross vault held up by semi-columns over the central area. The castle was built in the 1240s by Emperor Frederick II and is octagonal in plan, with walls 25m high and bastion towers on each corner. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • CORINTH, GREECE - APRIL 16 : A general view of a vault of the North West Shops, on April 16, 2007 in Corinth, Greece. On the north side of the forum is a colonnade of 15 shops built in the 3rd century AD. The stone vault of the large central shop is seen here in the early morning light. Corinth, founded in Neolithic times, was a major Ancient Greek city, until it was razed by the Romans in 146 BC. Rebuilt a century later it was destroyed by an earthquake in Byzantine times. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • CORINTH, GREECE - APRIL 15 : A detail of the North West Shops, on April 15, 2007 in Corinth, Greece. On the north side of the forum is a colonnade of 15 shops built in the 3rd century AD. The stone vault of the large central shop is seen here in the afternoon light. The concrete vaults of the other shops have not survived. Corinth, founded in Neolithic times, was a major Ancient Greek city, until it was razed by the Romans in 146 BC. Rebuilt a century later it was destroyed by an earthquake in Byzantine times. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Rib vault of the apse, Basilique Saint Quiriace (Saint Quiriace Collegiate Church), 12th century, Provins, Seine et Marne, France. Construction works during the 12th century were never completed and a dome was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A detail of the North West Shops, on April 15, 2007 in Corinth, Greece. On the north side of the forum is a colonnade of 15 shops built in the 3rd century AD. The stone vault of the large central shop is seen here in the afternoon light. The concrete vaults of the other shops have not survived. Corinth, founded in Neolithic times, was a major Ancient Greek city, until it was razed by the Romans in 146 BC.
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  • 11th century Crypt of Pessebre, Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France. Circular chapel of rough stone with vault, supported by an enormous central pillar. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Palm vault above a stone staircase with central column, in the Chateau de Bauge, a 15th century Renaissance chateau built as a hunting lodge for King Rene, duc d'Anjou, in Bauge-en-Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France. Although a chateau existed here before, Rene commissioned Guillaume Robin to build the current chateau, 1454-65. The chateau is now a museum and is listed as a historic monument Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Olympian god holding a child, from the vault of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, built 1649, dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary, patron saint of the Dominicans, in the Church and Convent of the Dominicans, built 1510, the first catholic building in the New World, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The vault of the chapel is decorated with the 12 zodiacal signs around the sun and Olympian gods, and is also known as the Zodiac Chapel. The convent became the University Santo Tomas de Aquino in 1538, the first university in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aries, Scorpio and Virgo, with an Olympian god holding a child, from the vault of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, built 1649, dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary, patron saint of the Dominicans, in the Church and Convent of the Dominicans, built 1510, the first catholic building in the New World, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The vault of the chapel is decorated with the 12 zodiacal signs around the sun and Olympian gods, and is also known as the Zodiac Chapel. The convent became the University Santo Tomas de Aquino in 1538, the first university in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sagittarius, with the centaur Chiron firing a bow and arrow, Pisces, and possibly Zeus with his crown and eagle, from the vault of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, built 1649, dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary, patron saint of the Dominicans, in the Church and Convent of the Dominicans, built 1510, the first catholic building in the New World, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The vault of the chapel is decorated with the 12 zodiacal signs around the sun and Olympian gods, and is also known as the Zodiac Chapel. The convent became the University Santo Tomas de Aquino in 1538, the first university in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aries, Scorpio and Virgo, from the vault of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, built 1649, dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary, patron saint of the Dominicans, in the Church and Convent of the Dominicans, built 1510, the first catholic building in the New World, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The vault of the chapel is decorated with the 12 zodiacal signs around the sun and Olympian gods, and is also known as the Zodiac Chapel. The convent became the University Santo Tomas de Aquino in 1538, the first university in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gemini, Mars or Ares, and Leo, from the vault of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, built 1649, dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary, patron saint of the Dominicans, in the Church and Convent of the Dominicans, built 1510, the first catholic building in the New World, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The vault of the chapel is decorated with the 12 zodiacal signs around the sun and Olympian gods, and is also known as the Zodiac Chapel. The convent became the University Santo Tomas de Aquino in 1538, the first university in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mercury, messenger to the gods, and Taurus, from the vault of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, built 1649, dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary, patron saint of the Dominicans, in the Church and Convent of the Dominicans, built 1510, the first catholic building in the New World, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The vault of the chapel is decorated with the 12 zodiacal signs around the sun and Olympian gods, and is also known as the Zodiac Chapel. The convent became the University Santo Tomas de Aquino in 1538, the first university in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sagittarius, with the centaur Chiron firing a bow and arrow, Pisces, and possibly Zeus with his crown and eagle, from the vault of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, built 1649, dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary, patron saint of the Dominicans, in the Church and Convent of the Dominicans, built 1510, the first catholic building in the New World, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The vault of the chapel is decorated with the 12 zodiacal signs around the sun and Olympian gods, and is also known as the Zodiac Chapel. The convent became the University Santo Tomas de Aquino in 1538, the first university in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted pillar supporting rib vaults in the nave of 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 is 70m long and the nave is 24m high with a rib-vaulted ceiling. The church was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of rib vault ceiling of the nave of the upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle (The Holy Chapel), 1248, Paris, France. The ribs are underlined with red strips with golden L. and the vaults are covered by golden stars. La Sainte-Chapelle was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion Relics, including the Crown of Thorns. The Sainte-Chapelle is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mercury, messenger to the gods, and Taurus, from the vault of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, built 1649, dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary, patron saint of the Dominicans, in the Church and Convent of the Dominicans, built 1510, the first catholic building in the New World, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The vault of the chapel is decorated with the 12 zodiacal signs around the sun and Olympian gods, and is also known as the Zodiac Chapel. The convent became the University Santo Tomas de Aquino in 1538, the first university in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling of the ambulatory surrounding the apse, Gothic cathedral of Tortosa dedicated to Santa Maria, Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. The Coronation of the Virgin, carved key of the central vault of the apse is visible in between the pillars of the ambulatory. Construction of the cathedral begun in 1347 and it was still uncomplete in 1597 when it was consecrated. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • OISE, FRANCE - OCTOBER 26: View from below of the ceiling of the ribbed vault of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Senlis on October 26, 2008 in Oise, France. The cathedral was built between 1153 and 1191. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • OISE, FRANCE - OCTOBER 26: Low angle view of the ceiling of the ribbed vault of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Senlis on October 26, 2008 in Oise, France. The cathedral was built between 1153 and 1191. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • OISE, FRANCE - OCTOBER 26:  A general view of the ceiling of the ribbed vault of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Senlis on October 26, 2008 in Oise, France. The cathedral was built between 1153 and 1191. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Crypt, parts of which survive from the earlier Carolingian church, containing tombs and with massive columns supporting the basilica above, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. In the centre are the funerary slabs in the Bourbon vault or Hilduin chapel, with walls and capitals dating to the 12th century, housing the remains of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVIII and Louis VII. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trapezoidal room on the upper floor of the Castel del Monte, a 13th century citadel and castle in Andria, Puglia, Southern Italy. Each floor consists of 8 trapezoidal rooms, with a ribbed cross vault held up by semi-columns over the central area. The castle was built in the 1240s by Emperor Frederick II and is octagonal in plan, with walls 25m high and bastion towers on each corner. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bosse with foliage design and 4 heads, on the ribbed cross vaults of a trapezoidal room on the upper floor of the Castel del Monte, a 13th century citadel and castle in Andria, Puglia, Southern Italy. Each floor consists of 8 trapezoidal rooms, with a ribbed cross vault held up by semi-columns over the central area. The castle was built in the 1240s by Emperor Frederick II and is octagonal in plan, with walls 25m high and bastion towers on each corner. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bosse with biting creatures, on the ribbed cross vaults of a trapezoidal room on the upper floor of the Castel del Monte, a 13th century citadel and castle in Andria, Puglia, Southern Italy. Each floor consists of 8 trapezoidal rooms, with a ribbed cross vault held up by semi-columns over the central area. The castle was built in the 1240s by Emperor Frederick II and is octagonal in plan, with walls 25m high and bastion towers on each corner. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bosse with sculpted head of a bearded man, on the ribbed cross vaults of a trapezoidal room on the upper floor of the Castel del Monte, a 13th century citadel and castle in Andria, Puglia, Southern Italy. Each floor consists of 8 trapezoidal rooms, with a ribbed cross vault held up by semi-columns over the central area. The castle was built in the 1240s by Emperor Frederick II and is octagonal in plan, with walls 25m high and bastion towers on each corner. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corinthian capitals and marble pillars supporting ribbed cross vaults of a trapezoidal room on the upper floor of the Castel del Monte, a 13th century citadel and castle in Andria, Puglia, Southern Italy. Each floor consists of 8 trapezoidal rooms, with a ribbed cross vault held up by semi-columns over the central area. The castle was built in the 1240s by Emperor Frederick II and is octagonal in plan, with walls 25m high and bastion towers on each corner. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corinthian capitals on the marble pillars supporting ribbed cross vaults of a trapezoidal room on the upper floor of the Castel del Monte, a 13th century citadel and castle in Andria, Puglia, Southern Italy. Each floor consists of 8 trapezoidal rooms, with a ribbed cross vault held up by semi-columns over the central area. The castle was built in the 1240s by Emperor Frederick II and is octagonal in plan, with walls 25m high and bastion towers on each corner. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corinthian capitals and marble pillars supporting ribbed cross vaults of a trapezoidal room on the upper floor of the Castel del Monte, a 13th century citadel and castle in Andria, Puglia, Southern Italy. Each floor consists of 8 trapezoidal rooms, with a ribbed cross vault held up by semi-columns over the central area. The castle was built in the 1240s by Emperor Frederick II and is octagonal in plan, with walls 25m high and bastion towers on each corner. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vault with elegant high columns and modern windows, East End of Church of Santa Maria del Mar, 1324-79, Ribera, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, by Berenguer de Montagut. Founded to commemorate the Catalan conquest of Sardinia in the reign of Jaume II (1267-1327), its name represents the naval supremacy of the House of Barcelona. It stands on the site of a Roman cemetery (4th-6th century). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vault with elegant high columns and modern windows, East End of Church of Santa Maria del Mar, 1324-79, Ribera, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, by Berenguer de Montagut. Founded to commemorate the Catalan conquest of Sardinia in the reign of Jaume II (1267-1327), its name represents the naval supremacy of the House of Barcelona. It stands on the site of a Roman cemetery (4th-6th century). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vault with elegant high columns and modern windows, East End of Church of Santa Maria del Mar, 1324-79, Ribera, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, by Berenguer de Montagut. Founded to commemorate the Catalan conquest of Sardinia in the reign of Jaume II (1267-1327), its name represents the naval supremacy of the House of Barcelona. It stands on the site of a Roman cemetery (4th-6th century). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vault with elegant high columns and modern windows, East End of Church of Santa Maria del Mar, 1324-79, Ribera, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, by Berenguer de Montagut. Founded to commemorate the Catalan conquest of Sardinia in the reign of Jaume II (1267-1327), its name represents the naval supremacy of the House of Barcelona. It stands on the site of a Roman cemetery (4th-6th century). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vault with elegant high columns and modern windows, East End of Church of Santa Maria del Mar, 1324-79, Ribera, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, by Berenguer de Montagut. Founded to commemorate the Catalan conquest of Sardinia in the reign of Jaume II (1267-1327), its name represents the naval supremacy of the House of Barcelona. It stands on the site of a Roman cemetery (4th-6th century). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of rib vault ceiling of the nave of the upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle (The Holy Chapel), 1248, Paris, France. La Sainte-Chapelle was commissioned by King Louis IX to house his collection of Passion Relics, including the Crown of Thorns. The Sainte-Chapelle is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • OISE, FRANCE - OCTOBER 26:  Low angle view of the ceiling of the ribbed vault of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Senlis on October 26, 2008 in Oise, France. The cathedral was built between 1153 and 1191. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • OISE, FRANCE - OCTOBER 26: View from below of the ceiling of the vault of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Senlis on October 26, 2008 in Oise, France. The cathedral was built between 1153 and 1191. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • OISE, FRANCE - OCTOBER 26: Detail of rib vault of the ceiling of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Senlis on October 26, 2008 in Oise, France. The cathedral was built between 1153 and 1191. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • OISE, FRANCE - OCTOBER 26: Low angle view of the ceiling of the ribbed vault of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Senlis on October 26, 2008 in Oise, France. The cathedral was built between 1153 and 1191. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • OISE, FRANCE - OCTOBER 26: View from below of the ceiling of the ribbed vault of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Senlis on October 26, 2008 in Oise, France. The cathedral was built between 1153 and 1191. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • OISE, FRANCE - OCTOBER 26: Low angle view of the ceiling of the ribbed vault of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Senlis on October 26, 2008 in Oise, France. The cathedral was built between 1153 and 1191. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • OISE, FRANCE - OCTOBER 26: View from below of the ceiling of the ribbed vault of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Senlis on October 26, 2008 in Oise, France. The cathedral was built between 1153 and 1191. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • OISE, FRANCE - OCTOBER 26: View from below of the ceiling of the ribbed vault of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Senlis on October 26, 2008 in Oise, France. The cathedral was built between 1153 and 1191. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • OISE, FRANCE - OCTOBER 26: View from below of the ceiling of the ribbed vault of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Senlis on October 26, 2008 in Oise, France. The cathedral was built between 1153 and 1191. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • OISE, FRANCE - OCTOBER 26: View from below of the ceiling of the ribbed vault of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Senlis on October 26, 2008 in Oise, France. The cathedral was built between 1153 and 1191. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • End trapezoidal room on the ground floor of the Castel del Monte, a 13th century citadel and castle in Andria, Puglia, Southern Italy. Each floor consists of 8 trapezoidal rooms, with a ribbed cross vault held up by semi-columns over the central area. The castle was built in the 1240s by Emperor Frederick II and is octagonal in plan, with walls 25m high and bastion towers on each corner. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • OISE, FRANCE - OCTOBER 26: Low angle view of the ceiling of the ribbed vault of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Senlis on October 26, 2008 in Oise, France. The cathedral was built between 1153 and 1191. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Decorative detail on the vaulted ceiling of the Ballroom, in the Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, commissioned by the prince and princess of Gangi, Pietro and Marianna Valguarnera, and built 1749-59, on the Piazza Croce dei Vespri in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The ballroom has a Baroque openwork vault designed by Andrea Gigante and enormous chandeliers, and was used to film the ballroom scene in Luchino Visconti's film The Leopard. The mansion was decorated in Sicilian Baroque style by Marianna Valguarnera and later in Neoclassical stye, with great opulence throughout. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corbel with a sculpted head of a man, on the vault of Tower 3, the Tower of the Falconer, in the Castel del Monte, a 13th century citadel and castle in Andria, Puglia, Southern Italy. The castle was built in the 1240s by Emperor Frederick II and is octagonal in plan, with walls 25m high and bastion towers on each corner. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rib vault, chevet, 13th century, Abbey church of Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rib vault, chevet, 13th century, Abbey church of Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative detail on the vaulted ceiling of the Ballroom, in the Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, commissioned by the prince and princess of Gangi, Pietro and Marianna Valguarnera, and built 1749-59, on the Piazza Croce dei Vespri in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The ballroom has a Baroque openwork vault designed by Andrea Gigante and enormous chandeliers, and was used to film the ballroom scene in Luchino Visconti's film The Leopard. The mansion was decorated in Sicilian Baroque style by Marianna Valguarnera and later in Neoclassical stye, with great opulence throughout. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative detail on the vaulted ceiling of the Ballroom, in the Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, commissioned by the prince and princess of Gangi, Pietro and Marianna Valguarnera, and built 1749-59, on the Piazza Croce dei Vespri in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The ballroom has a Baroque openwork vault designed by Andrea Gigante and enormous chandeliers, and was used to film the ballroom scene in Luchino Visconti's film The Leopard. The mansion was decorated in Sicilian Baroque style by Marianna Valguarnera and later in Neoclassical stye, with great opulence throughout. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative detail on the vaulted ceiling of the Ballroom, in the Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, commissioned by the prince and princess of Gangi, Pietro and Marianna Valguarnera, and built 1749-59, on the Piazza Croce dei Vespri in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The ballroom has a Baroque openwork vault designed by Andrea Gigante and enormous chandeliers, and was used to film the ballroom scene in Luchino Visconti's film The Leopard. The mansion was decorated in Sicilian Baroque style by Marianna Valguarnera and later in Neoclassical stye, with great opulence throughout. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative detail on the vaulted ceiling of the Ballroom, in the Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, commissioned by the prince and princess of Gangi, Pietro and Marianna Valguarnera, and built 1749-59, on the Piazza Croce dei Vespri in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The ballroom has a Baroque openwork vault designed by Andrea Gigante and enormous chandeliers, and was used to film the ballroom scene in Luchino Visconti's film The Leopard. The mansion was decorated in Sicilian Baroque style by Marianna Valguarnera and later in Neoclassical stye, with great opulence throughout. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative detail on the vaulted ceiling of the Ballroom, in the Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, commissioned by the prince and princess of Gangi, Pietro and Marianna Valguarnera, and built 1749-59, on the Piazza Croce dei Vespri in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The ballroom has a Baroque openwork vault designed by Andrea Gigante and enormous chandeliers, and was used to film the ballroom scene in Luchino Visconti's film The Leopard. The mansion was decorated in Sicilian Baroque style by Marianna Valguarnera and later in Neoclassical stye, with great opulence throughout. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative detail on the vaulted ceiling of the Ballroom, in the Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, commissioned by the prince and princess of Gangi, Pietro and Marianna Valguarnera, and built 1749-59, on the Piazza Croce dei Vespri in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The ballroom has a Baroque openwork vault designed by Andrea Gigante and enormous chandeliers, and was used to film the ballroom scene in Luchino Visconti's film The Leopard. The mansion was decorated in Sicilian Baroque style by Marianna Valguarnera and later in Neoclassical stye, with great opulence throughout. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entwined serpents in bronze by House of Christofle on the door to the bank vaults in the basement of the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entwined serpents in bronze by House of Christofle on the door to the bank vaults in the basement of the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entwined serpents in bronze by House of Christofle on the door to the bank vaults in the basement of the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entwined serpents in bronze by House of Christofle on the door to the bank vaults in the basement of the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entwined serpents in bronze by House of Christofle on the door to the bank vaults in the basement of the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze sculpture with SG monogram above the door to the bank vaults in the basement of the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brick rib vaults supporting the paraboloid walls of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars and catenary arches supporting the structure. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the vaults and bosses painted with cherubs and angels, in the upper choir of the nave, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved wooden pulpit with statue of an angel blowing a trumpet, and the vaulted ceiling of the nave of Perpignan Cathedral, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The ceiling features cross vaults with painted borders and polychrome sculpted bosses. The Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist of Perpignan, or Basilique-Cathedrale de Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan was begun in 1324 by King Sancho of Majorca in Catalan Gothic style, and later finished in the 15th century. The nave measures 80m long, 18m wide and 26m high. The cathedral is listed as a national monument of France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted ceiling of the nave of Perpignan Cathedral, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The ceiling features cross vaults with painted borders and polychrome sculpted bosses. The Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist of Perpignan, or Basilique-Cathedrale de Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan was begun in 1324 by King Sancho of Majorca in Catalan Gothic style, and later finished in the 15th century. The nave measures 80m long, 18m wide and 26m high. The cathedral is listed as a national monument of France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted ceiling of the nave of Perpignan Cathedral, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The ceiling features cross vaults with painted borders and polychrome sculpted bosses. The Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist of Perpignan, or Basilique-Cathedrale de Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan was begun in 1324 by King Sancho of Majorca in Catalan Gothic style, and later finished in the 15th century. The nave measures 80m long, 18m wide and 26m high. The cathedral is listed as a national monument of France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the vaulted ceiling of the nave of the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, Poissy, Yvelines, France. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840 and has been restored by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rib vault, chevet, 13th century, Abbey church of Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rib vault, chevet, 13th century, Abbey church of Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rib vault, chevet, 13th century, Abbey church of Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rib vault, chevet, 13th century, Abbey church of Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rib vault, chevet, 13th century, Abbey church of Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rib vault, chevet, 13th century, Abbey church of Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rib vault, chevet, 13th century, Abbey church of Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entwined serpents in bronze by House of Christofle on the door to the bank vaults in the basement of the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corbel with a sculpted head of a man, on the vault of Tower 3, the Tower of the Falconer, in the Castel del Monte, a 13th century citadel and castle in Andria, Puglia, Southern Italy. The castle was built in the 1240s by Emperor Frederick II and is octagonal in plan, with walls 25m high and bastion towers on each corner. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rib vault, chevet, 13th century, Abbey church of Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sala di Leone X, designed by Sangallo in 1485 and is painted with frescoes by Pontormo, Allori, Andrea del Sarto and Franciabigio exalting the glory of the Medici dynasty, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. Frescoes over doors and windows represent Virtues, Vertumnus and Pomona and are by Pontormo. The barrel vault coffered stucco ceiling contains Medicean emblems. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ballroom, in the Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, commissioned by the prince and princess of Gangi, Pietro and Marianna Valguarnera, and built 1749-59, on the Piazza Croce dei Vespri in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The ballroom has a Baroque openwork vault designed by Andrea Gigante and enormous chandeliers, and was used to film the ballroom scene in Luchino Visconti's film The Leopard. The mansion was decorated in Sicilian Baroque style by Marianna Valguarnera and later in Neoclassical stye, with great opulence throughout. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative panels in the vaults with mythical creatures, Renaissance fresco, 1503-8, by Pinturicchio, 1454-1513, after designs by Raphael, in the Piccolomini Library, commissioned c. 1492 by Archbishop Cardinal Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini (future Pius III) in memory of his uncle Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II), adjacent to the North wall of the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ in Glory, 12th century fresco in the vault of the Romanesque choir of Nevers Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Cyricus and Saint Julitta of Nevers, Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The fresco depicts the resurrection and glory of Christ, seated in a mandorla surrounded by angels, his victory over death and the promise of eternal life. Above is the lamb of god and a cross, with the elders of the apocalypse, and to either side are the evangelist symbols. The apse and transept at the West end of the church are Romanesque, while the nave and Eastern apse are 14th century Gothic. The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of kufic script and vegetal motifs in tesserae (glass mosaic with gold or coloured backing), in the dome above the maqsura, a richly decorated ribbed vault with small dome in front of the mihrab, redecorated under Al-Hakam II in 961, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The ceiling is decorated with kufic script, floral motifs, and a sunburst radiating from a tiny central star, with light coming from 8 latticed side windows. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dome above the maqsura, a richly decorated ribbed vault with small dome in front of the mihrab, redecorated under Al-Hakam II in 961, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The ceiling is decorated with kufic script, floral motifs, and a sunburst radiating from a tiny central star, with light coming from 8 latticed side windows. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dome above the maqsura, a richly decorated ribbed vault with small dome in front of the mihrab, redecorated under Al-Hakam II in 961, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Below the dome are intricately carved interlacing fluted arches. The ceiling is decorated with kufic script, floral motifs, and a sunburst radiating from a tiny central star, with light coming from 8 latticed side windows. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sala di Leone X, designed by Sangallo in 1485 and is painted with frescoes by Pontormo, Allori, Andrea del Sarto and Franciabigio exalting the glory of the Medici dynasty, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. Frescoes over doors and windows represent Virtues, Vertumnus and Pomona and are by Pontormo. The barrel vault coffered stucco ceiling contains Medicean emblems. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapter House at Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, at Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Occitanie, France. Monks would meet in the Chapter House for daily prayers. It features 9 Romanesque arches and a central vault with 4 marble columns with capitals with cistels (reeds from Burgundy). Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. Today the abbey is privately owned and its estate produces AOC Corbieres wine. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapter House at Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, at Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Occitanie, France. Monks would meet in the Chapter House for daily prayers. It features 9 Romanesque arches and a central vault with 4 marble columns with capitals with cistels (reeds from Burgundy). Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. Today the abbey is privately owned and its estate produces AOC Corbieres wine. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapter House at Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, at Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Occitanie, France. Monks would meet in the Chapter House for daily prayers. It features 9 Romanesque arches and a central vault with 4 marble columns with capitals with cistels (reeds from Burgundy). Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. Today the abbey is privately owned and its estate produces AOC Corbieres wine. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_FRANCE_MC_0431.jpg
  • Chapter House at Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, at Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Occitanie, France. Monks would meet in the Chapter House for daily prayers. It features 9 Romanesque arches and a central vault with 4 marble columns with capitals with cistels (reeds from Burgundy). Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. Today the abbey is privately owned and its estate produces AOC Corbieres wine. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_FRANCE_MC_0432.jpg
  • Ballroom, in the Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, commissioned by the prince and princess of Gangi, Pietro and Marianna Valguarnera, and built 1749-59, on the Piazza Croce dei Vespri in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The ballroom has a Baroque openwork vault designed by Andrea Gigante and enormous chandeliers, and was used to film the ballroom scene in Luchino Visconti's film The Leopard. The mansion was decorated in Sicilian Baroque style by Marianna Valguarnera and later in Neoclassical stye, with great opulence throughout. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ballroom, in the Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, commissioned by the prince and princess of Gangi, Pietro and Marianna Valguarnera, and built 1749-59, on the Piazza Croce dei Vespri in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The ballroom has a Baroque openwork vault designed by Andrea Gigante and enormous chandeliers, and was used to film the ballroom scene in Luchino Visconti's film The Leopard. The mansion was decorated in Sicilian Baroque style by Marianna Valguarnera and later in Neoclassical stye, with great opulence throughout. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grotesque face, carved in stone on a vault in the crypt, built under Abbot Suger, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries, Paris, France. The crypt has 7 radiating chapels, reflecting those of the ambulatory above. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sun, in the centre of the vault, decorated with the 12 zodiacal signs and Olympian gods, of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, also known as the Zodiac Chapel, built 1649, dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary, patron saint of the Dominicans, in the Church and Convent of the Dominicans, built 1510, the first catholic building in the New World, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The convent became the University Santo Tomas de Aquino in 1538, the first university in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vault, with the 12 zodiacal signs around the sun and Olympian gods, of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, also known as the Zodiac Chapel,  built 1649, dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary, patron saint of the Dominicans, in the Church and Convent of the Dominicans, built 1510, the first catholic building in the New World, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The convent became the University Santo Tomas de Aquino in 1538, the first university in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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