The Cloisters!
New York City
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I LOVE, love, LOVE this place!
If you are at all interested in medieval art and history, you will love this place. I could have spent days looking at everything, but my kids were done shortly after we got there. Amazing!!
Definitions of cloister on the Web:
- surround with a cloister, as of a garden
- religious residence: residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
- seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; “She cloistered herself in the office”
- a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
Gorgeous!!
Beautiful!!
Look at the natural lattice, I want some!!
The woven trellis is to die for!!
Fuschia!! so delicate!
Notice how the animal lies at it’s master’s feet,
even in death. I love it!
What a great trip, if you get a chance, go!!!