Altarpiece sculpture, Abbaye de Fontenay

Adoration of the Magi, with kings presenting gifts and kissing the feet of the Christ child, sculptural detail from the old altarpiece, against the apse wall of the Abbey church, built 1139-47, at the Abbaye de Fontenay, or Fontenay Abbey, a Cistercian abbey founded by St Bernard of Clairvaux in 1119, in Romanesque style, at Marmagne, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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1119 1139-47 Abbatial Abbatiale Abbaye Adoration Altarpiece Apse Bourgogne Bourgogne-franche-comte Burgundian Cistercian Clairvaux Cote Fontenay Magi Marmagne Presenting Quatrefoil

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