Monestir de Santes Creus (Santes Creus Monastery)
Detail of elaborately carved capitals in the cloister of Santes Creus, Aiguamurcia, Catalonia, Spain, pictured on May 21, 2006, in the morning. These beautifully carved capitals depict a bagpipe player sitting and a knight in armour with a sword. 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. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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