which reassembles sections of four medieval cloisters, a chapter house (Fig 4) and a Romanesque chapel to create a series of halls, courts and enclosed green gardens. Entering the museum, visitors ...

It’s also impressively transporting, as one moment you’re standing in the Fuentidueña Chapel at the Cloisters ... a meditative state,” much like a Gothic worshipper would have when studying ...

It’s no stretch to say there’s an actual medieval castle in the five boroughs. The Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park is the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annex celebrating the art and architecture ...

Philippe de Montebello, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1977 to 2008, guides viewers through The Cloisters, pointing out Romanesque and Gothic architecture and artwork, beautiful ...

The north cloister was used for studying and reading. In medieval times, it was in the East Cloister that the Abbot held his Maundy on the Thursday of Holy Week each year. Thirteen elderly men were ...

Surrounding it is the Gothic cloister, built around 1325 ... A few steps away, the Church of São Francisco and its Chapel of Bones (whose walls are covered with skulls and human bones) offer ...

As it enters into the area immediately around St George’s Chapel it will pass through Engine Court, the Norman Arch, Chapel Hill and, finally, Horseshoe Cloister Arch. Members of the Royal ...