Portal, Santa Maria de Ripoll, Ripoll, Catalonia, Spain

King David, detail from the monumental catalan Romanesque portal, 12th century, at Santa Maria de Ripoll, or Ripoll monastery, a Benedictine monastery built in Romanesque style, founded by Guifre el Pilos, or count Wilfred the Hairy, in 888, and built 9th - 12th century mainly under the abbots Arnulfo and Oliva, in Ripoll, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The frontal relief, 13th century, with 7 horizontal bands, depicts God enthroned with Evangelists, angels and Elders; David and Solomon and Moses, and mythical animals from the visions of Daniel. It is flanked by 2 statues of St Peter and St Paul. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Benedictine Cataluna Gerona Girona Guifre Hairy Monestir Monumental Pilos Portal Portico Ripoll Ripolles Velloso Wilfred Wilfredo

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