Romanesque Architectural Capitals

Intricate stone carvings from historic churches, depicting religious scenes and figures, highlighting craftsmanship in architectural details.

Spain, Kastilien-Leon, Romanesque capital of the Marien's preaching in the minster of San Juan de Ortega,

Capital with master builder in the choir, St., Sankt, Saint

Saint Mary Magdalene basilica, Vezelay, France. Capital.

Spain, Kastilien-Leon, Romanesque capital of the Marien's preaching in the minster of San Juan de Ortega,

Comunanza (Marche - Ap). Church of Santa Maria de Teramo, facade decoration details

CAPITEL DEL CLAUSTRO DE LA COLEGIATA DE SANTILLANA DEL MAR - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ESPAÑOL. Location: COLEGIATA. SANTILLANA DEL MAR. Cantabria. SPAIN.

Getaway to Egypt, Romanesque capital, San Pedro el Viejo Monastery, Huesca, Aragon community, Spain.

Seville, November 26, 2025. Feature on the doors, sculptures, and facade of the Cathedral. Photo: Raúl Doblado ARCHSEV.

Columna salomónica y escultura en la fachada de la olivera de la catedral de Tortosa, Siglo XVIII, Tarragona.

France. Occitanie. Haute Garonne. Toulouse. A pillar of the Augustinian cloister representing Saint Daniel and the lions

Brauweiler near Pulheim, abbey church of St Nicholas, Benedictine chapel, 11th-12th century capital

Sculpture in stone of Saint Paul church. (Built 1445-1616) Valladolid, Spain.

Reliefs on the entrance to the Church of Santa Maria, Monte Sant'Angelo, Apulia, Italy, 11th century.

Saint Julien cathedral, Le Mans, France. 16th century relief in the sacristy

SPAIN - Alt Empordá (district) - Catalonia - GERONA. Sant Pere de Rodes; monasterio románico (siglos X - XIII) ; claustro: detalle de capitel

CAPITEL CON TEMAS CALIFALES - SIGLO XI/XII - ROMANICO BURGALES. Location: MONASTERIO. SANTO DOMINGO DE SILOS. BURGOS. SPAIN.

Benedictine abbey of Vezelay. Decorated capitals. 12 th century. Vezelay. France.

IGLESIA DE SANTIAGO DE AGÜERO-S XII/XIII- CAPITEL FIGURADO-REPRESENTACION DE BAILARINA ACROBATA. Location: IGLESIA DE SANTIAGO. Agüero. HUESCA. SPAIN.

Romanesque capital with scene from the life of Job, 12th century, workshop of the master of the cloister of Pamplona cathedral, Museum of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra,Spain.

Part of the Calvary group of sculptures dating from 1610 AD in Parish Close of St. Thegonnec, Brittany, France, Europe

Santa maria maggiore bas relief. bergamo. Italy. (Photo by: Bluered/REDA&CO/UIG)

Dante Alighieri, relief on stone, San Benedetto in Alpe, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Noah by Collaborator of Andrea Pisano, 1334-36., Relief on Giotto Campanile of Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, Florence, Italy Noah by Collaborator of Andrea Pisano, 1334-36., Relief on Giotto Campanile of Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20389474

Sculptural frieze of the cloister of the cathedral of Girona, 12th century, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

The Tachara, Persepolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fars Province, Islamic Republic of Iran, Middle East

Brauweiler near Pulheim, St Nicholas Abbey Church, St Bernard's Chapel, capital on the central column, The four rivers of paradise, west side

Relief sculpture on the Arch of Titus (Arco di Tito); 1st-century AD honorific arch, Rome, Italy. constructed in c. AD 82 by the Emperor Domitian shortly after the death of his older brother Titus to commemorate Titus's victories, including the Siege of Jerusalem (AD 70).

Czech Republic, South Moravia, Lednice, Detail of coat of arms on the Lednice Castle facade. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Relief detail from The Arch of Constantine, a triumphal, or victory arch in Rome. It is positioned between the Collosseum and the Palatine Hill. It commemorates Emperor Constantine's victory in the Battle of Milvian Bridge in the early 4th century AD. It was dedicated in 315 AD and features reliefs/friezes documenting previous Emperors and victory figures.

RELIEVE DE UN CAPITEL-LA CREACION ADAN Y EVA. Location: Santes Creus Monastery. Aiguamúrcia. TARRAGONA. SPAIN. EVE. Adam. DIOS.

Venice, St Mark's Square (Piazza San Marco), St Mark's Basilica (Basilica di San Marco), reliefs on the north façade

Urraca (1081-1126) the Reckless. Queen of Castile, Leon and Galicia (1109-1126). Portrait. Illustration by Llanta, detail. Lithography. Cronica General de Espan~a. Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Galicia, 1866.

Statue and reliefs on the Puerta de los Hierros, cathedral of the Assumption, Valencia, Spain, 18th century.

Tomb chest of Queen Constança Manuel () (ca. 1313-1345). Detail of one of the long sides, decorated with dominican friars. Unknown workshop, ca.1344-1345. From the former Convent of Sao Domingos (Santarem). Carmo Archaeological Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

Tomb in Aphrodisias, Aydin, Turkey, Asia

LAUDA FUNERARIA DE LA INFANTA BLANCA-RELIEVE. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Pamplona. NAVARRA. SPAIN.

Italy. Venice. Doge's Palace. Venetian Gothic style. Capital. North-west corner: Judgement of Salomo. 14th century. Veneto.

DETALLE SUPERIOR DE LA PORTADA RETABLO DE LA COLEGIATA DE SANTA MARIA LA MAYOR DE CALATAYUD - SIGLO XVI - ESTILO PLATERESCO. Author: JUAN TALAVERA Y HEREDIA (1880-1960). Location: COLEGIATA DE SANTA MARIA. CALATAYUD. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN.

HUESCA. BOTAYA. MONASTERIO DE SAN JUAN DE LA PEÑA. CAPITEL DEL CLAUSTRO REPRESENTANDO LA SANTA CENA , SIGLO XII. ARTE ROMANICO.

Maricel Palace, Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. Reliefs.

Capital on a pillar

Tomb of King Ferdinand I of Portugal (1345-1383). Limestone. Detail of one of the Manuels' sculpted heraldic coats of arms, ca. 1382. From the Convent of Sao Francisco (Santarém, Portugal). Carmo Archaeological Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

Relief with 2 goddesses. Roman, imperial era. 1st-2nd cent. Altarlike incense burner. Copy of a Greek original. The Met, NY, USA.

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Trasacco, SS. Rufino e Cesidio, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Emboss lions" of palace in Guadalajara

Bronze relief of Jesus' healing power to restore on entrance door to Nazareth's Basilica of the Annunciation.

Detail from the main portal doors from the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, (more commonly called the 'Duomo'). Florence, Italy. Three huge bronze doors, adorned with scenes from the life of Madonna. They date from 1899 to 1903. Around the doors are multiple works of art: Mosaics by Niccolò Barabino, a half-relief by Tito Sarrocchi, and a series of niches and busts. The duomo was started in 1296 based on Arnolfo di Cambio's design, but was not complete until 1436 when Filippo Brunelleschi engineered the dome. One of Italy's largest churches.

Santa Maria Maggiore cathedral, Barletta, Puglia, Italy. Relief detail

Saint Martin, relief of the former Saint Simeon Church, Porta Nigra, Augusta Treverorum (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1986), Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Relief depicting Good Shepherd on strigil marble sarcophagus, from Rome

Saint Julien cathedral, Le Mans, France. 16th century relief in the sacristy

Italy, Piemonte, Lake Maggiore, Verbania, figure details, General Luigi Cadorna Mausoleum, Pallanza.

Medieval carvings of signs of the Zodiac including Capricorn and Aquarius, on North Porch, Chartres Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chartres, E...

arcángel San Miguel, bajorelieve del siglo XVII, antigua cofradia de los tenderos, Palma, Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.

relieve de un dragon, claustro del Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

MENSULA ROMANICA DEL INTERIOR DEL ANTIGUO PALACIO DE GELMIREZ CONVERTIDO EN PARLAMENTO GALLEGO. Location: PALACIO GELMIREZ. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.

Relief of Pieta, 15th century, on the tympanum of the Puerta de la Piedad of the cathedral of Barcelona.

Alexander the Great flying to the sun in a basket pulled by two winged griffins, raised on a portal of the church of Saint Mary della Strada, Matrice, Molise, Italy, 11th century.

PORTADA-DET TIMPANO-DAMA MIRANDOSE EN ESPEJO-PRUDENCIA. Location: PALACIO DE ESCORIAZA-ESQUIVEL. VITORIA / GASTEIZ. ALAVA. SPAIN.

Frau mit Kette im Mund im Kampf mit fantastischem Biest Woman with chain in her mouth fighting with fantastic beast, Romanesque capital in the cloister, San Pedro el Viejo Monastery, Huesca, Aragon community, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 22307737

Relief on the outer wall, High Cathedral, Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

BARCELONA. MUSEO MARES. VOCACION DE SAN PEDRO. MAESTRO CABESTANY. MARMOL. SIGLO XII. PROCEDENTE DEL MONASTERIO DE SAN PEDRO DE RODA.

querubin desnudo, claustro del Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

castle of Foix, 10th century, Foix, department of Ariège, Occitanie, Pyrenean mountain range, France.

JAIME I "El Conquistador" (Montpellier,1208Valencia,1276). Conde de Barcelona y rey de Aragón (1213-1276), de Valencia (1239-1276) y de Mallorca (1229-1276). TUMBA DE JAIME I vestido con la cogulla monástica. PANTEON REAL (lado norte). Detalle. MONASTERIO DE POBLET. Vimbodí. Provincia de Tarragona. Cataluña.

Capital with Saints' heads, prothyrum of Portal of the White Lions, 1353, by Giovanni da Campione (1320-1375), Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy, detail.

Portada, Iglesia de Santa Maria de Covet, siglo XII.

Saint Julien cathedral, Le Mans, France. 16th century relief in the sacristy

CAPITEL DEL CLAUSTRO DEL MONASTERIO DE SAN PEDRO DE GALLIGANTS REPRESENTANDO LA EPIFANIA - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO CATALAN. Location: MONASTERIO DE SAN PEDRO DE GALLIGANTS. GERONA. SPAIN.

Five Good Emperors, Relief depicting the trophy of Dacian weapons: shields, helmets and battle-axes, plaster cast from the Trajan's Column, 113 A.D., imperial age

Detalle, Monasterio de Sant Sadurní de Tavèrnoles o Sant Serni de Tavèrnoles, siglo XI.

Italy. Rome. Arch of Constantine. 4th century. Erected by the Senate in honor of Emperor Constantine after his victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge (312). Circular relief depicting sacrifice to Diana. Detail.

ESCULTURA DE UN REY DE ISRAEL EN UN CONTRAFUERTE DEL ABSIDE PLATERESCO- S XVI. Location: MONASTERIO DE SANTIAGO. Uclés. CUENCA. SPAIN.

Plaster cast, Spanish. Relief in stone, carved with the Pentecost, on a pillar in the cloister of the Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos, about 1100.

Wölfe im Schafspelz, die einen Schafbock verschlingen wolves in sheep s clothing devouring a ram, Romanesque capital in the cloister, San Pedro el Viejo Monastery, Huesca, Aragon community, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 22307545

Montserrat monastery, Catalonia, Spain. Relief in the church

MEDALLON DE PIEDRA Y RELIEVE DE SOLDADOS- S IX- ARTE ASTURIANO-INTERIOR DE LA LOGIA. Location: SANTA MARIA DEL NARANCO. Oviedo. ASTURIAS. SPAIN.

Medieval Gothic sculptures of the south portal Tympanum and lintel depicting the Last Judgement, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chartres, France, Europe

Strigillated sarcophagus. Characters from the Caledonian hunting myths at the ends. Marble. 160 AD. Rome. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

Naked cherub Naked cherub, cloister of the Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 21307770

Basilicata Matera Matera Duomo8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture (1268-70). Post-medieval: Architectural sculpture; interior remodelled in 1627 and in 1776 includes sculpture, painting, frescoes, choir stall German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Flight into Egypt, relief on the right side of the south portal, 1110-1130, Saint-Pierre Abbey Church (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1998), Moissac, Occitanie, France, 12th century.

Relief depicting orator dictating to scribe, from Temple of Hercules at Ostia Antica

CAPITEL ROMANICO-RELIEVE:PRENDIMIENTO DE JESUS Y CORTANDO OREJA A S PEDRO. Location: SEO DEL SALVADOR, LA. SARAGOSSA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN. JESUS. APOSTLE PETER.

Fine carved relief at column Severan basilica Leptis Magna Libya

Detail on the birth facade of the Sagrada Familia, Church of the Atonement of the Holy Family, by Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Corbel ca. 1130-40 Catalan. Corbel 470796

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, statues and stonework of the Passion Facade of the Temple of Sagrada Familia, by architect Josep Maria Subirachs. Longinus, the soldier who put his lance in Christ's side.

Unterlinden Museum. Thann Roderen Altarpiece. The Nativity. Colmar. France. Colmar. France.

Historic carved stonework of water fountain in village of Laguardia, Alava, Basque Country, northern Spain

Sculpture of Lazarus and the rich man in the cloister of Cadouin Abbey, Cadouin, Dordogne, France, Europe

REY MUSICO - ARQUIVOLTA ESCULPIDA DE LA PORTADA DE SAN JUAN - S XIII - GOTICO ESPAÑOL. Location: CATEDRAL-EXTERIOR. SPAIN.

Statue, stone sculpture of Count Eberhard im Bart, Bebenhausen Palace, art, historic building, architecture, former abbot's house of the monastery, hunting lodge of the Wuerttemberg kings, former residence of King Wilhelm II and Charlotte of Wuerttemberg, listed building, Tuebingen-Bebenhausen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Angel musician, 19th century, Sculpture, Neo-Gothic facade of the Cathedral of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

City of Palermo, the Cathedral Maria Santissima Assunta, sarcophagus in the crypt, tomb of Frederico d Antiochia, 1305, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sicily, Italy, Europe

SILLERIA S BENITO-EL BAUTISTA. Author: DIEGO DE SILOE (1495-1563). Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ESCULTURA-COLECCION. Valladolid. SPAIN. SAN JUAN BAUTISTA.

shield of the Zaforteza shield of the Zforte, Galatz, Calvia, Clothes, Majorca

Fiddler. Circle of the Samson master, c. 1200. Limestone. Cologne, Germany. Schnu_tgen Museum. Cologne, Germany.

Leonardo Marchioni De Malaspinis. Monument made ca 1430-1435 in stucco, marble, Istrian stone.Spinetta Malaspina was a military commander, who died in 1407. his heirs put this memorial in the church that pinetta founded in Verona.

Sculpture of St. Augustine, main portal, La Seu Cathedral, Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Sculptures in the sacristy of San Salvador, Renaissance showpiece, Úbeda, Renaissance jewel, Ubeda, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

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