Stained glass window, Basilique Saint-Nazaire, Carcassonne
Temptation of Adam and Eve, detail from the Tree of Life stained glass window, 14th century, restored by Alfred Gerente in 1853, in the Chapelle Sainte-Croix in the south transept of the Basilique Saint-Nazaire-et-Saint-Celse, built 1100-1330, in the Citadel of Carcassonne, a fortress built in the Roman then medieval period and restored by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc 1853-79, Aude, Occitanie, France. The window depicts the tree of life with branches of the 12 mysteries of the Redemption, after St Bonaventure's Lignum Vitae. The church is built in Romanesque and Gothic styles and was restored by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc from 1846. It listed as a historic monument and the citadel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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