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The Cloisters

The Cloisters

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The Cloisters

Name: The Cloisters
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Location: New York County, New York, United States

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1. Fort Tyron Park loop — New York City

2.38km

00:39

40m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. The Cloisters – Houses on stilts in the Bronx loop from 181st Street

5.60km

01:30

60m

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3. Fort Tryon Park — Bronx loop from 181st Street

4.64km

01:16

70m

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Bonnie24

November 18, 2019

The Cloisters is a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It is located in Fort Tryon Park near the northern tip of Manhattan on a hill above the Hudson River. The Cloisters was built using architectural fragments of mostly French monasteries and houses part of the collection of medieval art works of the Metropolitan Museum. Wikipedia

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Bonnie24

November 18, 2019

The idea for a museum of medieval art in New York City goes back to the sculptor and art collector George Gray Barnard (1863-1938). This had - in addition to numerous works of art - and architectural fragments from several French monasteries collected. Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Bonnefont-en-Comminges in the Haute-Garonne, Trie-en-Baise in the Hautes-Pyrénées; The three gothic triple arcades from Froville in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département were first added by a donation from George Blumenthal in 1935. Barnard opened a private museum on Fort Washington Avenue, which he initially called the Gothic Collection, before renaming it The Cloisters. This collection came into the possession of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1925, after John D. Rockefeller, Jr. $ 600,000 available for this purpose. Wikipedia

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Bonnie24

November 18, 2019

Museum of world renown for medieval art.

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The Cloisters

1. Fort Tyron Park loop — New York City

2. The Cloisters – Houses on stilts in the Bronx loop from 181st Street

3. Fort Tryon Park — Bronx loop from 181st Street

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