The Cloisters

The Cloisters is a museum in , straddling the neighborhoods of and , in , . The museum specializes in European medieval art and architecture, with a focus on the Romanesque and Gothic periods.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: museum in New York City part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Also known as: “Met Cloisters”, “The Met Cloisters”, “הקלויסטרז”, “クロイスターズ博物館”, “クロイスターズ美術館”, and “崔恩堡修道院”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: The Fuentidueña Apse and Dyckman Street station.

Church
is a Romanesque apse dated…

Metro station
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The is a station on the IND… is situated 970 feet east of The Cloisters.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include University Heights and Morris Heights.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of the West Bronx in .

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood located in the West Bronx.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of , .

The Cloisters

Latitude
40.86482° or 40° 51′ 53″ north
Longitude
-73.93125° or 73° 55′ 53″ west
Elevation
177 feet (54 metres)
Open location code
87G8V379+WF
Geo­Names ID
5140725
Wiki­data ID
Q1138030
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“The Cloisters” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “The Cloisters”
  • Arabic: “متحف الأروقة”
  • Armenian: “Քլոյսթերս”
  • Basque: “The Cloisters”
  • Bengali: “দ্য ক্লোইস্টার্স”
  • Catalan: “The Cloisters”
  • Chinese: “修道院博物館”
  • Czech: “The Cloisters”
  • Dutch: “The Cloisters”
  • Esperanto: “The Cloisters”
  • Estonian: “The Cloisters”
  • Finnish: “The Cloisters”
  • French: “The Cloisters”
  • German: “The Cloisters”
  • Hebrew: “הקלויסטרס”
  • Indonesian: “The Cloisters”
  • Italian: “The Cloisters”
  • Japanese: “クロイスターズ”
  • Korean: “클로이스터스”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “The Cloisters”
  • Persian: “دکلویسترز”
  • Polish: “The Cloisters”
  • Portuguese: “Cloisters”
  • Portuguese: “The Cloisters”
  • Russian: “Клойстерс”
  • Spanish: “The Cloisters”
  • Swedish: “The Cloisters”
  • Turkish: “The Cloisters”
  • Ukrainian: “Клойстерс”

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