Pilgrims & Cloisters

I am determined to build this and live here, too. This is my spiritual world, inside & out.
Dear God please show me The Way.

Pilgrim. Photo by Alessandro Pucci

Spanish Monastery & Romanesque Cloister ~ Photo by Roy Winkelman

http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/flassets/content/6600/fa6646/fa6646.htm

Monreale Cloisters

http://www.paradoxplace.com/Perspectives/Sicily%20&%20S%20Italy/Montages/Sicily/Palermo/Monreale%20Cloisters.htm

Monreale Cloisters: Norman King of Sicily  William II (1153 - 1189) presents his new cathedral to the Virgin and Son (capital)

Link to Monreale Duomo     Link to Paradoxplace Cloisters' Page

The Normans and the Hohenstaufen Kings of Sicily and Southern Italy 1000 - 1266

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   A cloister (from Latin claustrum, "enclosure") is a rectangular open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries, with open arcades on the inner side, ...
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   The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Visit The Cloisters

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   The Cloisters museum and gardens, the branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe, was assembled from ...
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   Cloister - Merriam-Webster Online

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   b : an area within a monastery or convent to which the religious are normally restricted. c : monastic life. d : a place or state of seclusion. 2. : a covered passage ...
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   cloister - definition of cloister by the Free Online Dictionary ...

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   A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle. 2. a. A place, especially a monastery or ...

   
   

   
   

   
   

   Cloister

   A cloister is a rectangular open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries, with open arcades on the inner side, running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth. Wikipedia

   
   

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   The Cloisters is a museum located in Fort Tryon Park, Washington Heights, New York City. The building, ...

   
   
   

   

   Ephrata Cloister

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   The Ephrata Cloister or Ephrata Community was a religious community, established in 1732 by Johann ...