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Carolyn WhitsonJan 22, 20214 min readSan Juan de La Pena, Service and MiraclesUp in the remote hills in northern Spain, the monastery of San Juan de la Pena contains the ruins of a tiny cloister, with magnificent...
Carolyn WhitsonJan 22, 20214 min readRemembering the Notre Dame de Paris Interior, Part 3One thing that revolutionized looking at medieval stained glass for me was using a serious zoom lens, and then spending time in...