Photo of Le Mans Ascension 1

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Artist

Anonymous

Title

Ascension of the Christ

Description

English: Oldest stained glass window in situ, depicting the Virgin and apostles during the Ascension of the Christ.

Français : Vitrail de l’Ascension

Date

between 1050 and 1120

Medium

Stained glass window

Current location

English: Le Mans Cathedral

Français : Cathédrale Saint-Julien du Mans

Camera location	48° 00′ 33.01″ N, 0° 11′ 56″ E	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth	48.009170; 0.198890

Accession number

This object is classé Monument Historique in the base Palissy, database of the French furniture patrimony of the French ministry of culture, under the reference PM72000450.

Source/Photographer

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