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  • Vaulted ceiling with quadripartite rib vaults and a central spiral column, in the Tower of Philip the Good, built 1460, the tallest tower in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France, now the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon. Named for Philippe le Bon, or Philippe III duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Good, Philip III Duke of Burgundy, 1396-1467, the tower contains a spiral staircase, with decorative elements increasing with height. 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Cross vaulted ceiling with carved bosses, in the nave of the church, in the Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet, a Cistercian monastery founded in 1151, built by Arnau Bargues in Catalan Gothic style, in Conca de Barbera, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Poblet formed part of the Cistercian Triangle in Catalonia, along with Vallbona de les Monges and Santes Creus, and was the royal burial place of the Aragon dynasty. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 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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  • Inside a room with vaulted roof and arcade, in the Kalaja e Porto Palermos (Porto Palermo Castle or Panormos Castle), in the Porto Palermo Bay near Himare in the Albanian Riviera in Southern Albania. The castle was built in triangular plan by the Venetians and was ruled by Ali Pasha before he bequested it to the Royal Navy in 1803. 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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  • 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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  • Vaulted ceiling of the Lower Room or Salle Basse, formerly a crypt dedicated to St Peter, rebuilt 15th century, in the Palace of Tau or Palais du Tau, the palace of the Archbishop of Reims, rebuilt 1498-1509 and modified 1671-1710, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The room has a cross vaulted ceiling supported by columns. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apse with vaulted ceiling and decorative keystone of the Coronation of the Virgin of 1440, surrounded by the ambulatory with cross vaulted ceiling, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted arcade of the main Grand-Moutier Cloister, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cloister, built to house virgin nuns, was originally Romanesque but was rebuilt in the 16th century. Renee de Bourbon renovated the south gallery in Gothic style in 1519, then Louise de Bourbon rebuilt the 3 other galleries in classical style 1530-60. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cellar, on the first floor of the lay brothers' building, built 12th century and rebuilt 1708, with cross vaulted ceiling supported by octagonal stone columns, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded 1115 by St Bernard, in Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, Grand Est, France. The abbey became a prison in the 19th century under Napoleon and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cellar, on the first floor of the lay brothers' building, built 12th century and rebuilt 1708, with cross vaulted ceiling supported by octagonal stone columns, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded 1115 by St Bernard, in Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, Grand Est, France. The abbey became a prison in the 19th century under Napoleon and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lay dormitory, in the lay brothers' building, built 12th century and rebuilt 1708, with cross vaulted ceiling supported by octagonal stone columns, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded 1115 by St Bernard, in Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, Grand Est, France. The abbey became a prison in the 19th century under Napoleon and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lay dormitory, in the lay brothers' building, built 12th century and rebuilt 1708, with cross vaulted ceiling supported by octagonal stone columns, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded 1115 by St Bernard, in Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, Grand Est, France. The abbey became a prison in the 19th century under Napoleon and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Refectory, Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The huge 46m long refectory has a rib vaulted ceiling and Romanesque walls and is situated on the opposite side of the cloisters from the church. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The order was dissolved during the French Revolution and the building subsequently used as a prison. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted arcade of the main Grand-Moutier Cloister, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cloister, built to house virgin nuns, was originally Romanesque but was rebuilt in the 16th century. Renee de Bourbon renovated the south gallery in Gothic style in 1519, then Louise de Bourbon rebuilt the 3 other galleries in classical style 1530-60. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lay dormitory, in the lay brothers' building, built 12th century and rebuilt 1708, with cross vaulted ceiling supported by octagonal stone columns, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded 1115 by St Bernard, in Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, Grand Est, France. The abbey became a prison in the 19th century under Napoleon and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lay dormitory, in the lay brothers' building, built 12th century and rebuilt 1708, with cross vaulted ceiling supported by octagonal stone columns, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded 1115 by St Bernard, in Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, Grand Est, France. The abbey became a prison in the 19th century under Napoleon and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted arcade of the main Grand-Moutier Cloister, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cloister, built to house virgin nuns, was originally Romanesque but was rebuilt in the 16th century. Renee de Bourbon renovated the south gallery in Gothic style in 1519, then Louise de Bourbon rebuilt the 3 other galleries in classical style 1530-60. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the ceiling of the  arcaded courtyard, Sultan Ahmed Mosque, or Blue Mosque, 1609-16, by Mehmet Aga, Istanbul, Turkey. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque, commissioned by Sultan Ahmed I, was built near the Hagia Sophia and combines Byzantine style with Islamic architecture. The court, surrounded by a continuous vaulted arcade (revak), is about as large as the mosque itself. The historical areas of the city were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • High vaulted Gothic ceiling with tiered arches to the either side, screen in the foreground and apse in the distance, pictured on February 8, 2011 in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, 1298 - 1450, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High vaulted Gothic ceiling with tiered arches to the either side pictured on February 8, 2011 in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, 1298 - 1450, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High vaulted Gothic ceiling with tiered arches to the either side pictured on February 8, 2011 in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, 1298 - 1450, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of the high vaulted Gothic ceiling with clerestories, triforium and tiered arches to the either side, nave, Notre-Dame de Reims (Our Lady of Rheims), pictured on February 15, 2009, 13th - 15th century, Roman Catholic Cathedral where the kings of France were crowned, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France.
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  • View from below of the high vaulted Gothic ceiling with clerestories, triforium and tiered arches to the either side, nave, Notre-Dame de Reims (Our Lady of Rheims), pictured on February 15, 2009, 13th - 15th century, Roman Catholic Cathedral where the kings of France were crowned, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France.
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  • Vaulted sacristy ceiling with gilded decoration, Avila Cathedral, 12th-14th centuries, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Begun, 1095, in Romanesque style with fortifications, the style later switched to Gothic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Double caponier (vaulted ditch) of the 3rd salient, at the Fort de la Bonnelle, a defensive fortress built 1870-85, used in the Franco-Prussian war and First World War, at Saint-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The belt fort of La Bonnelle, also known as Fort Decres, was positioned to survey the road to Dijon and the Buzon plateau, and contains barracks, a courtyard and vaulted ditches used for storage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted ceiling of the nave, built 15th century, and transept, of the Cathedral 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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  • Vaulted ceiling of the South side aisle of the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims or Reims Cathedral, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The cathedral was built 1211-75 in French Gothic style with work continuing into the 14th century, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted ceiling of the South side aisle with Corinthian capitals, a sculpted arch and stained glass window beyond, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims or Reims Cathedral, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The cathedral was built 1211-75 in French Gothic style with work continuing into the 14th century, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted ceiling of the South side aisle of the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims or Reims Cathedral, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The cathedral was built 1211-75 in French Gothic style with work continuing into the 14th century, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted ceiling of the South side aisle of the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims or Reims Cathedral, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The cathedral was built 1211-75 in French Gothic style with work continuing into the 14th century, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Transept and South side aisle with vaulted ceiling and nave to the right, with stained glass window by Brigitte Simon, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims or Reims Cathedral, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The cathedral was built 1211-75 in French Gothic style with work continuing into the 14th century, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of Christ on the cross in painted stone at the crown of the rib vaulted ceiling of the ambulatory in the Collegiate Church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais, built 12th to 16th centuries in Gothic and Renaissance styles, in Gisors, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. The church was consecrated in 1119 by Calixtus II but the nave was rebuilt from 1160 after a fire. The church was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 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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  • Clerestory of the nave with its stained glass windows, seen from a side aisle with vaulted ceiling supported by columns with Corinthian capitals, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims or Reims Cathedral, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The cathedral was built 1211-75 in French Gothic style with work continuing into the 14th century, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of Santa Maria Cathedral or Cathedral of St Mary of Girona, with apse beyond, in the town of Girona, at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Guell, Catalonia, Spain. The nave, at 22m, is the widest nave in the world and is cross vaulted. It is separated from the apse by a wall, seen here, with a large rose window dating to 1705 dedicated to St Michael the Archangel, and 2 smaller rose windows, above Gothic arches. The cathedral was begun in the 11th century in Romanesque style, and later continued in the 14th century in Catalan Gothic style, redesigned by Pere Sacoma in 1312 and built by the school of Mallorcan architect Jaume Fabre. Of the original Romanesque building only the 12th century cloister and a bell tower remain. The cathedral was completed in the 18th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted sacristy ceiling with gilded decoration, Avila Cathedral, 12th-14th centuries, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Begun, 1095, in Romanesque style with fortifications, the style later switched to Gothic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted sacristy ceiling with gilded decoration and transept, Avila Cathedral, 12th-14th centuries, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. Begun, 1095, in Romanesque style with fortifications, the style later switched to Gothic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Transept and South side aisle with vaulted ceiling, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims or Reims Cathedral, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The cathedral was built 1211-75 in French Gothic style with work continuing into the 14th century, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted ceiling of the nave of Santa Maria del Mar, 1324-79, with its elegant high columns, 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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  • Boss on rib vaults in Monks' room, Fontenay Abbey, Marmagne, Cote d'Or, France. This Cistercian abbey was founded by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in 1119, built in the Romanesque style. The abbey itself housed 300 monks from 1200, but was sacked during the French Revolution. This detail shows the carved stone boss at the junction of two ribs in the vaulted ceiling of the Scriptorium or Monks' room. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted Gothic ceiling of the Hall of Pillars, in the Keep, Queribus Castle or Chateau de Queribus, Cathar Castle, Cucugnan, Corbieres, Aude, France. The Gothic style Hall is named for its single circular pillar supporting 4 assymetrical ribbed ceiling vaults. This castle, built from 13th to 16th centuries, is considered the last Cathar stronghold. It sits on a high peak at 728m. It is one of the Five Sons of Carcassonne or Cinq Fils de Carcassonne. It is listed as a historic monument and has been fully restored, restoration work being completed in 2002. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted ceiling of the Hall of Pillars, in the Keep, Queribus Castle or Chateau de Queribus, Cathar Castle, Cucugnan, Corbieres, Aude, France. The Gothic style Hall is named for its single circular pillar supporting 4 assymetrical ribbed ceiling vaults. This castle, built from 13th to 16th centuries, is considered the last Cathar stronghold. It sits on a high peak at 728m. It is one of the "Five Sons of Carcassonne" or "Cinq Fils de Carcassonne". It is a listed monument historique and has been fully restored, restoration work being completed in 2002. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted East End of Church of Santa Maria del Mar, 1324-79, with its elegant high columns and modern windows, 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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  • Vaulted ceiling of the Holy Chalice Chapel, with its star pattern rib vaulting, built under Bishop Vidal de Blanes 1365-69, said to house the chalice used at the Last Supper, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted ceiling of the Hall of Pillars, in the Keep, Queribus Castle or Chateau de Queribus, Cathar Castle, Cucugnan, Corbieres, Aude, France. The Gothic style Hall is named for its single circular pillar supporting 4 assymetrical ribbed ceiling vaults. This castle, built from 13th to 16th centuries, is considered the last Cathar stronghold. It sits on a high peak at 728m. It is one of the "Five Sons of Carcassonne" or "Cinq Fils de Carcassonne". It is a listed monument historique and has been fully restored, restoration work being completed in 2002. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted East End of Church of Santa Maria del Mar, 1324-79, with its elegant high columns and modern windows, 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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  • Vaulted East End of Church of Santa Maria del Mar, 1324-79, with its elegant high columns and modern windows, 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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  • Exhibition in the Lower Room or Salle Basse, formerly a crypt dedicated to St Peter, rebuilt 15th century, in the Palace of Tau or Palais du Tau, the palace of the Archbishop of Reims, rebuilt 1498-1509 and modified 1671-1710, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The room has a cross vaulted ceiling supported by columns. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition in the Lower Room or Salle Basse, formerly a crypt dedicated to St Peter, rebuilt 15th century, in the Palace of Tau or Palais du Tau, the palace of the Archbishop of Reims, rebuilt 1498-1509 and modified 1671-1710, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The room has a cross vaulted ceiling supported by columns. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Column and vaulted ceiling, 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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  • Side aisle, with low rib vaulted ceiling, in the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of St Remi, Romanesque, 11th century, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The church contains the relics of St Remi, who converted Clovis to christianity in 496 AD. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cellar, with vaulted ceiling supported by columns, in Cluny Abbey or Abbaye de Cluny, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery founded 910 by duke William I of Aquitaine, in Cluny, Saone et Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. Until the 12th century Cluny abbey was the motherhouse for 1,100 priories and over 10,000 monks around Europe. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cellar, with vaulted ceiling supported by columns, in Cluny Abbey or Abbaye de Cluny, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery founded 910 by duke William I of Aquitaine, in Cluny, Saone et Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. Until the 12th century Cluny abbey was the motherhouse for 1,100 priories and over 10,000 monks around Europe. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave with painted vaulted ceiling, in the 12th century cathedral of Saint Maurice de Mirepoix, Mirepoix, Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees, France. The cathedral was restored in the 19th century by Prosper Merimee and Eugene Viollet-le-Duc and is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Special seats on the diazoma and vaulted access passage at the Theatre, originally built in the 2nd century BC and restored under Emperor Tiberius, Kursunlutepe Hill, Patara, Antalya, Turkey. The auditorium or koilon seats 6000 in 38 rows of seats, 23 in the upper section and 14 in the lower, and a diazoma contains seats reserved for prominent and privileged spectators, seen here. A removable awning called a velarium provided the spectators with shade from the sun. There are 9 radial stairways and the upper section is also accessible through vaulted corridors ascended by stairs on each side. Above the top row of seats is a temple dedicated to Dionysus. Patara was a maritime Greek and Roman city on the South West Mediterranean coast of Lycia near modern-day Gelemis. It was said to be founded by Patarus, son of Apollo, and was famous for its temple and oracle of Apollo. It was a leading city of the Lycian League. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition in the Lower Room or Salle Basse, formerly a crypt dedicated to St Peter, rebuilt 15th century, in the Palace of Tau or Palais du Tau, the palace of the Archbishop of Reims, rebuilt 1498-1509 and modified 1671-1710, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The room has a cross vaulted ceiling supported by columns. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition in the Lower Room or Salle Basse, formerly a crypt dedicated to St Peter, rebuilt 15th century, in the Palace of Tau or Palais du Tau, the palace of the Archbishop of Reims, rebuilt 1498-1509 and modified 1671-1710, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The room has a cross vaulted ceiling supported by columns. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Petit-Sault Tower or Market Tower, an artillery tower built early 16th century to defend the road to Paris, in Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The tower is U-shaped with walls up to 7m thick, with 2 vaulted rooms linked by a staircase and an artillery terrace above. Langres is a hill town fortified by the Romans and important through the Middle Ages due to its bishops and diocese, and in the Renaissance and Enlightenment periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition in the Lower Room or Salle Basse, formerly a crypt dedicated to St Peter, rebuilt 15th century, in the Palace of Tau or Palais du Tau, the palace of the Archbishop of Reims, rebuilt 1498-1509 and modified 1671-1710, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The room has a cross vaulted ceiling supported by columns. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cloister, with rib vaulted arcade and traditional blue and white azulejos tile scenes of the fables of La Fontaine, 18th century, in the Monastery of Sao Vicente de Fora, an Augustinian order monastery and church built in the 17th century in Mannerist style, Lisbon, Portugal. The monastery also contains the royal pantheon of the Braganza monarchs of Portugal. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted vaulted ceiling of a side chapel, by the Master of Rieux, with St Veronica holding her veil, in the 12th century cathedral of Saint Maurice de Mirepoix, Mirepoix, Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees, France. The cathedral was restored in the 19th century by Prosper Merimee et Eugene Viollet-le-Duc and is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • East side aisle of the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, showing pilasters with Corinthian capitals and a vaulted ceiling. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statues of the Temple of Domitian, Domitian Square, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This was the first structure in Ephesus to be dedicated to an emperor. It was built on a 100x50m terrace on vaulted foundations. The temple had 8 columns on the short side and 13 columns on the long side, and 4 additional columns in front of the cella. When Domitian was murdered, in order to not lose its neocoros status, the Ephesians re-dedicated the temple to Vespasian, the father of Domitian. 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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  • Sculpted corbel with coat of arms of the House of Valois, on the cross vaulted ceiling of the interior ramp of the Renaissance Tour des Minimes at the Chateau d'Amboise, a medieval castle of the Loire Valley which became a royal residence in the 15th century and was largely reworked in the 15th and 16th centuries, at Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. The tower has a wide, shallow ramp large enough to allow horses and carriages access to the terrace of the royal residence, situated above the river. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sala de Contratacion or Hall of the Columns, with vaulted ceiling and spiral columns, built 1483–98 by Pere Compte, where finances and contracts were agreed, at the La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga in late Gothic style, in Valencia, Spain. The Silk Exchange consists of the Sala de Contratacion or Contract Hall, the Pavilion of the Consulate where Tribunal del Mar was held, the prison and the Orange Garden. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave with cross vaulted ceiling, looking towards the altar, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapter House, Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The Chapter House was built in the 16th century with 2 pillars supporting a rib vaulted ceiling. The walls were painted in 1563 with frescoes of scenes from Christ's Passion by the Anjou artist Thomas Pot. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave with its 11 rib vaulted bays, looking towards the choir, 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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  • Frescoes of 47 angels, each playing a different medieval or oriental musical instrument or holding musical scores or liturgical Gregorian chant songbooks, 1380, attributed to Jan de Bruges, on the vaulted ceiling of the Chapelle de la Vierge or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The frescoes were restored in the late 20th century. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Internal and external ambulatories with vaulted ceiling and chapels, and the columns of the choir, at the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave, looking towards the choir with its rose window, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. The nave has 11 bays with a vaulted ceiling, a side aisle to each side and 27 chapels. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior ramp of the Tour des Minimes at the Chateau d'Amboise, a medieval castle of the Loire Valley which became a royal residence in the 15th century and was largely reworked in the 15th and 16th centuries, at Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. The tower has a wide, shallow ramp large enough to allow horses and carriages access to the terrace of the royal residence, situated above the river, and was built in Renaissance style with a cross vaulted ceiling. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cross vaulted ceiling of the interior ramp of the Renaissance Tour des Minimes at the Chateau d'Amboise, a medieval castle of the Loire Valley which became a royal residence in the 15th century and was largely reworked in the 15th and 16th centuries, at Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. The tower has a wide, shallow ramp large enough to allow horses and carriages access to the terrace of the royal residence, situated above the river. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Keystone with painted scene of Christ blessing the Virgin, in the vaulted ceiling of the Holy Chalice Chapel or Capilla del Santo Caliz, built under Bishop Vidal de Blanes 1365-69, said to house the chalice used at the Last Supper, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Keystone with female figure holding cross on the vaulted ceiling of the refectory, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ambulatory surrounding the apse, with cross vaulted ceiling and carved keystones, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The decorative keystone of 1440 of the Coronation of the Virgin is seen through the arch. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cellar with stone pillars supporting a rib vaulted ceiling, 13th century, in the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. This large wine cellar was used for storing wine and food and was part of the original fortress, with both Gothic and Burgundian Romanesque elements. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapter House, Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The Chapter House was built in the 16th century with 2 pillars supporting a rib vaulted ceiling. The walls were painted in 1563 with frescoes of scenes from Christ's Passion by the Anjou artist Thomas Pot. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arcade of the Cloister, with rib vaulted ceiling with decorative bosses, 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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  • South side aisle, with low rib vaulted ceiling and windows, 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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  • Fresco of an angel playing the harp, wings outstretched, 1380, attributed to Jan de Bruges, on the vaulted ceiling of the Chapelle de la Vierge or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The frescoes were restored in the late 20th century. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of an angel, holding a liturgical Gregorian chant songbook, on a cloud with wings outstretched, 1380, attributed to Jan de Bruges, on the vaulted ceiling of the Chapelle de la Vierge or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The frescoes were restored in the late 20th century. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the columns supporting the vaulted ceiling of the choir and ambulatory, at the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted ceiling of the choir and transept, at the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • External North ambulatory with its vaulted ceiling and chapels, at the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frescoes of 47 angels, each playing a different medieval or oriental musical instrument or holding musical scores or liturgical Gregorian chant songbooks, 1380, attributed to Jan de Bruges, on the vaulted ceiling of the Chapelle de la Vierge or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The frescoes were restored in the late 20th century. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave, looking towards the choir with its rose window, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. The nave has 11 bays with a vaulted ceiling, a side aisle to each side and 27 chapels. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave, looking towards the choir with its rose window, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. In front of the choir is an 18th century choir screen made from wrought iron and gold, installed in 1807. The nave has 11 bays with a vaulted ceiling, a side aisle to each side and 27 chapels. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the vaulted ceiling of the nave and windows of the clerestory, 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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  • Vaulted gallery of the Bektashi Turbe, the tomb of 2 Bektashi babas, inside the main gate of Kalaja e Gjirokastres or Gjirokastra Castle, built before the 12th century and expanded by Ali Pasha of Tepelene after 1812, Gjirokastra, Albania. The castle dominates the town and overlooks the strategically important route along the river valley. The government of King Zog expanded the castle prison in 1932. Today it has 5 towers and houses, the new Gjirokastra Museum, a clock tower, a church, a cistern and the stage of the National Folk Festival. Gjirokastra was settled by the Greek Chaonians, the Romans and Byzantines before becoming an Ottoman city in 1417. Its old town was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Trading Hall or Hall of the Columns at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. The hall, with its vaulted ceiling and spiral columns, shows the might of Valencia as a trading city in the 15th and 16th centuries. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior ramp of the Tour des Minimes at the Chateau d'Amboise, a medieval castle of the Loire Valley which became a royal residence in the 15th century and was largely reworked in the 15th and 16th centuries, at Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. The tower has a wide, shallow ramp large enough to allow horses and carriages access to the terrace of the royal residence, situated above the river, and was built in Renaissance style with a cross vaulted ceiling. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior ramp of the Tour des Minimes at the Chateau d'Amboise, a medieval castle of the Loire Valley which became a royal residence in the 15th century and was largely reworked in the 15th and 16th centuries, at Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. The tower has a wide, shallow ramp large enough to allow horses and carriages access to the terrace of the royal residence, situated above the river, and was built in Renaissance style with a cross vaulted ceiling. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior ramp of the Tour des Minimes at the Chateau d'Amboise, a medieval castle of the Loire Valley which became a royal residence in the 15th century and was largely reworked in the 15th and 16th centuries, at Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. The tower has a wide, shallow ramp large enough to allow horses and carriages access to the terrace of the royal residence, situated above the river, and was built in Renaissance style with a cross vaulted ceiling. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cross vaulted ceiling of the interior ramp of the Renaissance Tour des Minimes at the Chateau d'Amboise, a medieval castle of the Loire Valley which became a royal residence in the 15th century and was largely reworked in the 15th and 16th centuries, at Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. The tower has a wide, shallow ramp large enough to allow horses and carriages access to the terrace of the royal residence, situated above the river. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior ramp of the Tour des Minimes at the Chateau d'Amboise, a medieval castle of the Loire Valley which became a royal residence in the 15th century and was largely reworked in the 15th and 16th centuries, at Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. The tower has a wide, shallow ramp large enough to allow horses and carriages access to the terrace of the royal residence, situated above the river, and was built in Renaissance style with a cross vaulted ceiling. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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