Musicians painted on a medieval ceiling
by RicardMN Photography
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Musicians painted on a medieval ceiling
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RicardMN Photography
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Detail of a mudejar paneling from the 14th century, representing musicians and scenes from daily medieval life. On the ceiling of the cloister of Santo Domingo de Silos Abbey, Burgos, Castile and Leon, Spain.
The monastery dates back to the Visigothic period of the 7th century. In the 10th century, the abbey was called San Sebastián de Silos, but acquired its current name when Santo Domingo was entrusted to renovate the abbey by Fernando the Great, King of Castile and León. The abbot designed the church to have a central nave with two side aisles and five chapels attached to its apse and transept. When Santo Domingo died in 1073, work on the church and the cloister was handed over to Abbot Fortunius, who saw the rest of the construction to its completion. The church was subsequently rebuilt by the neoclassical architect Ventura Rodríguez.
In 1835 the abbey of Silos was closed, along with other monasteries in Spain. Benedictine monks from Solesmes in France revived the foundation in 1880.
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