Detail, Cloister, Jeronimos Monastery, Lisbon, Portugal
Sculptural detail of a griffon and child, in the arcade of the Cloister, built in Manueline style by Diogo Boitac, Joao de Castilho and Diogo de Torralva, completed 1541, in the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The cloister wings have wide arcades with rectangular column and tracery within the arches. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13433575
Media ID
45107326
Size
3744px x 5616px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
