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  • A woman holds a handful of painted eggs, Hurghis, Bucovina, Romania. In Christian Orthodox countries such as Romania there is a tradition of skilfully painting eggs before Easter. In the villages of Bucovina, the egg painters use a tool called a kishitze, a stick with an iron tip, to apply molten wax in the desired pattern to a blown egg. The egg is then dipped in the lightest colour dye to be used. The egg is then heated and the protective wax melts away and a new pattern can be added, then dipped in a different colour and so on.
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  • A woman holds a handful of painted eggs, Hurghis, Bucovina, Romania. In Christian Orthodox countries such as Romania there is a tradition of skilfully painting eggs before Easter. In the villages of Bucovina, the egg painters use a tool called a kishitze, a stick with an iron tip, to apply molten wax in the desired pattern to a blown egg. The egg is then dipped in the lightest colour dye to be used. The egg is then heated and the protective wax melts away and a new pattern can be added, then dipped in a different colour and so on.
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  • A woman applying molten wax to a blown egg using a tool called a kishitze (a stick with an iron tip), Hurghis, Bucovina, Romania. In Christian Orthodox countries such as Romania there is a tradition of skilfully painting eggs before Easter. After the pattern is applied the egg is then dipped in the lightest colour dye to be used. The egg is then heated and the protective wax melts away and a new pattern can be added, then dipped in a different colour and so on.
    245-13_1.jpg
  • A woman dyeing painted eggs, Hurghis, Bucovina, Romania. In Christian Orthodox countries such as Romania there is a tradition of skilfully painting eggs before Easter. In the villages of Bucovina, the egg painters use a tool called a kishitze, a stick with an iron tip, to apply molten wax in the desired pattern to a blown egg. The egg is then dipped in the lightest colour dye to be used. The egg is then heated and the protective wax melts away and a new pattern can be added, then dipped in a different colour and so on.
    245-06_1.jpg
  • Dyeing painted eggs, Hurghis, Bucovina, Romania. In Christian Orthodox countries such as Romania there is a tradition of skilfully painting eggs before Easter. In the villages of Bucovina, the egg painters use a tool called a kishitze, a stick with an iron tip, to apply molten wax in the desired pattern to a blown egg. The egg is then dipped in the lightest colour dye to be used. The egg is then heated and the protective wax melts away and a new pattern can be added, then dipped in a different colour and so on.
    245-04_1.jpg
  • A woman dyeing painted eggs, Hurghis, Bucovina, Romania. In Christian Orthodox countries such as Romania there is a tradition of skilfully painting eggs before Easter. In the villages of Bucovina, the egg painters use a tool called a 'kishitze' a stick with an iron tip, to apply molten wax in the desired pattern to a blown egg. The egg is then dipped in the lightest colour dye to be used. The egg is then heated and the protective wax melts away and a new pattern can be added, then dipped in a different colour and so on.
    245-01_1.jpg
  • Tree print pattern hoarding designed to look natural in covering up a construction site, visually interacts with nearby trees and dappled light in central London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160812_tree print hoarding_002.jpg
  • Tree print pattern hoarding designed to look natural in covering up a construction site, visually interacts with nearby trees and dappled light in central London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160812_tree print hoarding_003.jpg
  • Tree print pattern hoarding designed to look natural in covering up a construction site, visually interacts with nearby trees and dappled light in central London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160812_tree print hoarding_001.jpg
  • Shadow pattern of trees cast on the pavement surface combines natural with man made. London, England, UK.
    20160130_tree shadows_B.jpg
  • Shadow pattern of trees cast on the pavement surface combines natural with man made. London, England, UK.
    20160130_tree shadows_D.jpg
  • Shadow pattern of trees cast on the pavement surface combines natural with man made. London, England, UK.
    20160130_tree shadows_C.jpg
  • Shadow pattern of trees cast on the pavement surface combines natural with man made. London, England, UK.
    20160130_tree shadows_A.jpg
  • Man carries a piece of furniture on his shoulder echoing the brick pattern on an Edwardian park wall in south London. With such an awkward item to carry some distance, the man has decided to carry the piece with his head through the middle - the coincidence of the patterned brick makes for a humerous scene, a visual pun.
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  • Indian women weaves a dhurrie on a traditional loom using a typical geometric pattern using a interlocking technique, Salawas, Rajasthan, India.
    20071129_india_0163-2_1.jpg
  • A Indian woman weaves a dhurrie on a traditional loom using a typical geometric pattern using a interlocking technique, Salawas, Rajasthan, India.
    20071129_india_0159-2_1.jpg
  • Blue architectural detail and pattern on the exterior of the Altura student accommodation building in Five Ways on 31st March 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Modern student living in cities like Birmingham is now often in purpose built blocks such as this rather than in individual homes.
    20210331_blue architecture birmingha...jpg
  • Blue architectural detail and pattern on the exterior of the Altura student accommodation building in Five Ways on 31st March 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Modern student living in cities like Birmingham is now often in purpose built blocks such as this rather than in individual homes.
    20210331_blue architecture birmingha...jpg
  • Blue architectural detail and pattern on the exterior of the Altura student accommodation building in Five Ways on 31st March 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Modern student living in cities like Birmingham is now often in purpose built blocks such as this rather than in individual homes.
    20210331_blue architecture birmingha...jpg
  • Chinese man wearing a Paisley outfit pattern on his trousers and shirt, in Hanbury Street near Brick Lane, London, UK. Fashion and style in this part of London is always interesting and often bizarre.
    20130922_paisley outfit_A.jpg
  • Large bollard barrier next to a modernist building exterior. The shape of the yellow plastic matching the moulding of the wall which is made from a pattern of geometric shapes. London, UK.
    20141230_geometric shapes_A.jpg
  • Bus shelter casts a shadow on a wall covered in graffiti in East London, UK. A very graphic pattern of light and dark.
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  • Bus shelter casts a shadow on a wall covered in graffiti in East London, UK. A very graphic pattern of light and dark.
    20141004_bus shelter shadow_B.jpg
  • Yellow warning tape is placed on a blue wall at Whitechapel station while refurbishment is underway to improve the station in London, England, United Kingdom. The grid pattern it creates causes an graphic visual patchwork squares and diamond shapes.
    20160820_yellow and blue_003.jpg
  • Yellow warning tape is placed on a blue wall at Whitechapel station while refurbishment is underway to improve the station in London, England, United Kingdom. The grid pattern it creates causes an graphic visual patchwork squares and diamond shapes.
    20160820_yellow and blue_002.jpg
  • Yellow warning tape is placed on a blue wall at Whitechapel station while refurbishment is underway to improve the station in London, England, United Kingdom. The grid pattern it creates causes an graphic visual patchwork squares and diamond shapes.
    20160820_yellow and blue_001.jpg
  • Yellow warning strips painted onto some steps creating a stripes pattern in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160802_stripes steps_001.jpg
  • Pattern and shadows seen through railings onto a multicoloured hoarding in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20190818_patterns and colours_001.jpg
  • Multicoloured exterior wall which is part of an architectural design at Liverpool Street on 12th August 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Yellow, orange and red lines make up the pattern of this graphic and ordered feature of architecture which then interacts with passers by wearing similarly coloured t-shirts.
    20200812_multicouloured wall_002.jpg
  • Multicoloured exterior wall which is part of an architectural design at Liverpool Street on 12th August 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Yellow, orange and red lines make up the pattern of this graphic and ordered feature of architecture which then interacts with a passer by.
    20200812_multicouloured wall_006.jpg
  • Multicoloured exterior wall which is part of an architectural design at Liverpool Street on 12th August 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Yellow, orange and red lines make up the pattern of this graphic and ordered feature of architecture.
    20200812_multicouloured wall_005.jpg
  • Multicoloured exterior wall which is part of an architectural design at Liverpool Street on 12th August 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Yellow, orange and red lines make up the pattern of this graphic and ordered feature of architecture.
    20200812_multicouloured wall_004.jpg
  • Multicoloured exterior wall which is part of an architectural design at Liverpool Street on 12th August 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Yellow, orange and red lines make up the pattern of this graphic and ordered feature of architecture.
    20200812_multicouloured wall_003.jpg
  • Multicoloured exterior wall which is part of an architectural design at Liverpool Street on 12th August 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Yellow, orange and red lines make up the pattern of this graphic and ordered feature of architecture which then interacts with passers by wearing similarly coloured t-shirts.
    20200812_multicouloured wall_001.jpg
  • Blue architectural detail and pattern on the exterior of the Altura student accommodation building in Five Ways on 18th January 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Modern student living in cities like Birmingham is now often in purpose built blocks such as this rather than in individual homes.
    20210118_blue architecture_005.jpg
  • Blue architectural detail and pattern on the exterior of the Altura student accommodation building in Five Ways on 18th January 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Modern student living in cities like Birmingham is now often in purpose built blocks such as this rather than in individual homes.
    20210118_blue architecture_004.jpg
  • Blue architectural detail and pattern on the exterior of the Altura student accommodation building in Five Ways on 18th January 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Modern student living in cities like Birmingham is now often in purpose built blocks such as this rather than in individual homes.
    20210118_blue architecture_003.jpg
  • Blue architectural detail and pattern on the exterior of the Altura student accommodation building in Five Ways on 18th January 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Modern student living in cities like Birmingham is now often in purpose built blocks such as this rather than in individual homes.
    20210118_blue architecture_002.jpg
  • Blue architectural detail and pattern on the exterior of the Altura student accommodation building in Five Ways on 18th January 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Modern student living in cities like Birmingham is now often in purpose built blocks such as this rather than in individual homes.
    20210118_blue architecture_001.jpg
  • A bare winter tree with bare branches in front of construction sheeting themed with green leaves. Seen from below, at street level, the tree's branches are like twigs with only the remnants of its seasonal foliage. But green leaves are there in the form of a giant repeating graphic pattern of maple leaf, coloured green to juxtapose against the bleaker form of the tree, an incongruous scene of irony.
    tree_sheeting03-07-01-2011_1_1_1.jpg
  • A lady wearing trousers with a dotted pattern crosses the road in the City of London, the capitals ancient, financial district, on 14th May, in London, England.
    city_people-10-14-05-2019.jpg
  • A woman taking a picture inside the Holocaust memorial, a memorial on 11th October 2019 in Berlin, Germany to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold. It consists of 2,711 concrete slabs  covering a 19,000-square-metre site arranged in a grid pattern. Berlin. Germany.
    Germany-Berlin-Holocaust-Memorial-31...jpg
  • Concrete and plastic moulded patterns in London, United Kingdom. Colourful road block barriers interact with a particularly patterned architectural detail.
    20150306_colourful barrier_A.jpg
  • Patterns of the silhouette of tree branches against a scaffhold covered building. London, UK.
    20150221_tree sihouette scaffhold_A.jpg
  • Man wearing various patterned clothing in the City of London, England, United Kingdom.
    20190821_patterned clothing_001.jpg
  • Pink and white rose patterned wall paper on an estate cottage wall, Newby Hall estate and gardens, Ripon, North Yorkshire, UK
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  • Children practice winning a sprint final on the grid-like patterned floor in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. The kids race under a pretend track tape held by two volunteer Games Makers who offer the everyone winners' chocolate gold medals. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park81-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators enjoy the grid-like patterned floor in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics - a French lady and a friend form a human bridge by leaning at a 45 degree angle with the main stadium as a backdrop. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park80-02-08-2012.jpg
  • ‘Lines’ by Ross Ashton and Karen Monid as part of Cheriton Light Festival 2018 at All Souls Church, Cheriton High Street, Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom. The series of lines and patterns is designed to integrate with the architecture of the building, alongside a specially composed soundtrack to fuse large-scale projection, sound and metamorphosis.
    UK-Folkestone-Light-Festival-3878.jpg
  • Traditional hand rollered wall in a peasant farmer's home, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. These patterns are now often replaced by washable emulsion paint.
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  • A cigarette butt is illuminated in the patterns formed by light and shadow landing on the floor of a building in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160820_light and shadow_001.jpg
  • Woman wearing a brightly coloured and patterned dress looks at a piece by the weaving artist Annie Albers at a retrospective show of her work at Tate Modern art gallery on 13th October 2018 in London, United Kingdom.
    20181013_tate annie albers_001.jpg
  • Patterned hoardings surrounding the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station and its surroundings on 4th February 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Nine Elms, Battersea, an inner-city district of South West London. Now a well advanced construction site and under development, the site will become both residential and commercial.
    20200204_battersea power station_010.jpg
  • Patterned hoardings surrounding the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station and its surroundings on 4th February 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Nine Elms, Battersea, an inner-city district of South West London. Now a well advanced construction site and under development, the site will become both residential and commercial.
    20200204_battersea power station_009.jpg
  • Traditional hand rollered wall in a peasant farmer's home, Maramures, Romania. These patterns are now often replaced by washable emulsion paint.
    166-6_1.jpg
  • Traditional hand rollered wall in a peasant farmer's home, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. These patterns are now often replaced by washable emulsion paint.
    161-15_1.jpg
  • Traditional hand rollered wall in a peasant farmer's home, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. These patterns are now often replaced by washable emulsion paint.
    161-12_1.jpg
  • Traditional hand rollered wall in a peasant farmer's home, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. These patterns are now often replaced by washable emulsion paint.
    161-7_1.jpg
  • Traditional hand rollered wall in a peasant farmer's home, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. These patterns are now often replaced by washable emulsion paint.
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  • The papercuts of the Miao people are used mainly for the inheritance of patterns, which are the basic models for embroidery, Shidong, Guizhou province, China. Almost 35% of Guizhou's population is made up of over 18 different ethnic minorities including the Miao. Each Miao group became isolated in these mountainous regions, hence the present day diversity in their culture, costume and dialects. According to a popular saying, "if you meet 100 Miaos, you will see 100 costumes."
    Shidong papercut_1.jpg
  • Large beetle crawling on a fabric with bright colourful patterns.
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  • patterned dress, Glastonbury Festival.<br />
Glastonbury Festival is the largest greenfield festival in the world, and is now attended by around 175,000 people. It's a five-day music festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England. In addition to contemporary music, the festival hosts dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret, and other arts. It is organised by Michael Eavis on his own land, Worthy Farm in Pilton. Leading pop and rock artists have headlined, alongside thousands of others appearing on smaller stages and performance areas.
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  • The 49th Notting Hill Carnival in West London. A celebration of West Indian / Caribbean culture and Europe's largest street party, festival and parade. Revellers come in their hundreds of thousands to have fun, dance, drink and let go in the brilliant atmosphere. Man in a particularly 1970s style suit.
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  • The 49th Notting Hill Carnival in West London. A celebration of West Indian / Caribbean culture and Europe's largest street party, festival and parade. Revellers come in their hundreds of thousands to have fun, dance, drink and let go in the brilliant atmosphere. Man in a particularly 1970s style suit dancing with a girl.
    20130826_notting hill carnival suit_...jpg
  • A tangle of tree roots
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  • A hindu man weaves a dhurrie (carpet) in the back yard of his house in a village noted for dhurrie making, Salawas, Rajasthan, India
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  • A woman dhurrie  (carpet) weavers prepares wool for the dying process in a small family run business, Salawas, Rajasthan, India
    20071129_india_0378_1.jpg
  • Women dhurrie  (carpet) weavers prepare wool for the dying process in a small family run business, Salawas, Rajasthan, India
    20071129_india_0342_1.jpg
  • A young Indian bride lies on her bed as she has henna decorated onto her  arm and palm by a local artist, as she begins preparations  for her wedding ceremony, Jaipur, India
    20071126_india_0096_1.jpg
  • A young Indian bride lies on her bed as she has henna decorated onto her  arm and palm by a local artist, as she begins preparations  for her wedding ceremony, Jaipur, India
    20071126_india_0089_1.jpg
  • A young Indian bride lies on her bed as she has henna decorated onto her  arm and palm by a local artist, as she begins preparations  for her wedding ceremony, Jaipur, India
    20071126_india_0063_1.jpg
  • A young Indian bride lies on her bed as she has henna decorated onto her  arm and palm by a local artist, as she begins preparations  for her wedding ceremony, Jaipur, India
    20071126_india_0081_1.jpg
  • A young Indian bride lies on her bed as she has henna decorated onto her  arm and palm by a local artist, as she begins preparations  for her wedding ceremony, Jaipur, India
    20071126_india_0061_1.jpg
  • Exterior of an Art Deco skyscraper in New York City, USA. Metallic pattering around it's wondows.
    2007_05_19_New York CityE.jpg
  • Modern building in Southwark, London. This piece of architecture imposes itself amongst one of London's oldest areas amid blue cloud sky.
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  • Autumn leaves on watersurface.
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  • Autumn leaves on watersurface.
    20101029autumn leavesA.jpg
  • Balconies of some council flats in Holborn, London. The apartments contrast with a glass covered office building it is next to.
    20110224apartmentsA.jpg
  • Graphic exterior of a buillding in the City of London, UK. This is 1980s architecture at it's best, utilising angular pieces of granite with glass, though it looks dated now.
    20141219_graphic architecture_A.jpg
  • Fallen leaves at the base of a tree trunk in front of a brick wall during Autumn. Texture and autumnal colour of rust and brown dominate this wet scene.
    20141123_tree wall leaves autumn_B.jpg
  • Fallen leaves at the base of a tree trunk in front of a brick wall during Autumn. Texture and autumnal colour of rust and brown dominate this wet scene.
    20141123_tree wall leaves autumn_A.jpg
  • Light colouring the entrance to a closed Shadwell DLR station. London, UK.
    20141005_shadwell light_B.jpg
  • Light colouring the entrance to a closed Shadwell DLR station. London, UK.
    20141005_shadwell light_A.jpg
  • Tree bark texture of a Eucalyptus in Porto, Corsica, France.
    20170915_corsica_A_064.jpg
  • Tree bark texture of a Eucalyptus in Porto, Corsica, France.
    20170915_corsica_A_063.jpg
  • Tree bark texture of a Eucalyptus in Porto, Corsica, France.
    20170915_corsica_A_066.jpg
  • Tree bark texture of a Eucalyptus in Porto, Corsica, France.
    20170915_corsica_A_065.jpg
  • Tree bark texture of a Pine in Evisa, Corsica, France.
    20170914_corsica_A_060.jpg
  • Exterior detail of The Cube building in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The Cube is a 25 storey mixed-use development in the centre of Birmingham, England. Designed by Ken Shuttleworth of MAKE Architects, it contains 135 flats, offices, shops, a hotel and a restaurant. It is the final phase of The Mailbox development.
    20170518_the cube birmingham_010.jpg
  • Exterior of the Library of Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom. The Library of Birmingham is a public library in Birmingham, England. It is situated on the west side of the city centre at Centenary Square, beside the Birmingham Rep to which it connects, and with which it shares some facilities and Baskerville House. Upon opening on 3 September 2013, it replaced Birmingham Central Library. The library is viewed by the Birmingham City Council as a flagship project for the citys redevelopment. It has been described as the largest public library in the United Kingdom, the largest public cultural space in Europe, and the largest regional library in Europe.
    20170518_library of birmingham_005.jpg
  • Pile of logs from pine trees which have been cut down as part of forest management on the Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom.
    20170101_logs_004.jpg
  • The Cube, which is part of the Mailbox development in central Birmingham, United Kingdom. Exterior detail of The Cube building in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The Cube is a 25 storey mixed-use development designed by Ken Shuttleworth of MAKE Architects, it contains 135 flats, offices, shops, a hotel and a restaurant. It is the final phase of The Mailbox development.
    20181101_mailbox the cube_001.jpg
  • The Cube from the Birmingham Canal Old Line, which is part of the Mailbox development in central Birmingham, United Kingdom. Exterior detail of The Cube building in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The Cube is a 25 storey mixed-use development designed by Ken Shuttleworth of MAKE Architects, it contains 135 flats, offices, shops, a hotel and a restaurant. It is the final phase of The Mailbox development.
    20181101_mailbox the cube_005.jpg
  • The Cube from the Birmingham Canal Old Line, which is part of the Mailbox development in central Birmingham, United Kingdom. Exterior detail of The Cube building in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The Cube is a 25 storey mixed-use development designed by Ken Shuttleworth of MAKE Architects, it contains 135 flats, offices, shops, a hotel and a restaurant. It is the final phase of The Mailbox development.
    20181101_mailbox the cube_004.jpg
  • The Cube, which is part of the Mailbox development in central Birmingham, United Kingdom. Exterior detail of The Cube building in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The Cube is a 25 storey mixed-use development designed by Ken Shuttleworth of MAKE Architects, it contains 135 flats, offices, shops, a hotel and a restaurant. It is the final phase of The Mailbox development.
    20181101_mailbox the cube_003.jpg
  • The Cube, which is part of the Mailbox development in central Birmingham, United Kingdom. Exterior detail of The Cube building in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The Cube is a 25 storey mixed-use development designed by Ken Shuttleworth of MAKE Architects, it contains 135 flats, offices, shops, a hotel and a restaurant. It is the final phase of The Mailbox development.
    20181101_mailbox the cube_002.jpg
  • Huge scale construction site and buildings covered in scaffolding in an area under redevelopment at South Bank in London, United Kingdom.
    20180721_construction site_006.jpg
  • Trees at Fontfroide Abbey near Narbonne, France. Fontfroide Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be refounded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne. The abbey fought together with Pope Innocent III against the heretical doctrine of the Cathars who lived in the region. It was dissolved in 1791 in the course of the French Revolution. The premises, which are of very great architectural interest, passed into private hands in 1908, when the artists Gustave and Madeleine Fayet dAndoque bought it to protect the fabric of the buildings from an American collector of sculpture. They restored it over a number of years and used it as a centre for artistic projects. It still remains in private hands. Today it is open to paying guests.
    20180514_abbaye fontfroid exterior_0...jpg
  • Roof tiles at Fontfroide Abbey near Narbonne, France. Fontfroide Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be refounded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne. The abbey fought together with Pope Innocent III against the heretical doctrine of the Cathars who lived in the region. It was dissolved in 1791 in the course of the French Revolution. The premises, which are of very great architectural interest, passed into private hands in 1908, when the artists Gustave and Madeleine Fayet dAndoque bought it to protect the fabric of the buildings from an American collector of sculpture. They restored it over a number of years and used it as a centre for artistic projects. It still remains in private hands. Today it is open to paying guests.
    20180514_abbaye fontfroid exterior_0...jpg
  • Roof tiles at Fontfroide Abbey near Narbonne, France. Fontfroide Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be refounded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne. The abbey fought together with Pope Innocent III against the heretical doctrine of the Cathars who lived in the region. It was dissolved in 1791 in the course of the French Revolution. The premises, which are of very great architectural interest, passed into private hands in 1908, when the artists Gustave and Madeleine Fayet dAndoque bought it to protect the fabric of the buildings from an American collector of sculpture. They restored it over a number of years and used it as a centre for artistic projects. It still remains in private hands. Today it is open to paying guests.
    20180514_abbaye fontfroid exterior_0...jpg
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