The Met Cloisters has 3 cloisters (a covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral typically with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other).

We spent longer time at the Cuxa Cloisters. The columns in this cloister were sourced from the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa on Mount Canigou, in the northeast French Pyrenees, which was founded in 878. (Source : Wikipedia).

The stone pillars and capitals.

 

History never really says goodbye. History says “See you later”. ~ Eduardo Galeano

The MET Cloisters, NYC – March 31, 2018


emarene

Trip planner, navigator and reluctant driver. Current places in wish list : Peru

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