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Trie Cloister (The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art):

Assembled from architectural elements from the former Carmelite convent of Trie-en-Bigore, near Toulouse (Hautes-Pyrénées), and other sites in the region. Huguenots destroyed most of the convent in 1571, during the Wars of Religion. The capitals were probably carved between 1484 and 1490. The elements of the limestone fountain date from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century. On the front of the cross: Christ between Mary and John. Rear side: Saint Anne holding the Christ child with the Virgin Mary on her left, between two saints. The octagonal section, from which the water pipes issue, contains niches holding sculptures of John the Baptist and seven apostles.

The plants grown here are varieties depicted in the "Unicorn Tapestries."

 
     
   
     
 
 
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