Monestir de Santes Creus (Santes Creus Monastery)
View through 13th century tracery on to the cloister's courtyard in the Monestir de Santes Creus, Aiguamurcia, Catalonia, Spain, pictured in May 21, 2006, in the morning. The Cistercian Reial Monestir Santa Maria de Santes Creus and its church were built between 1174 and 1225. Following strict Cistercian rule, the Romanesque complex originally featured no architectural embellishments with the exception of ornamented capitals and crenellations on the rooflines. In the 13th century the cloister was converted in Gothic style by James II of Aragon. The Lavabo, seen on the left, was not altered and remains of the first Romanesque cloister. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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