Great Monasteries of Europe

by Bernhard Schütz and Henri Gaud

This unsurpassed survey offers a fresh chronicle of a largely overlooked subject and hundreds of marvelous images, many of them newly photographed, of more than 150 of the most interesting and best preserved monasteries in Spain, Portugal, France, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Italy--all of which are accessible to visitors. Here are unique views of the art and architecture of such treasured places as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789208296
• ISBN13: 9780789208293
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Abbeville Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 8.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 10.9" x 13.2"