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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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: museum in New York City part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Also known as: “Cloisters”, “Met Cloisters”, and “The Met Cloisters”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Fuentidueña Apse and Dyckman Street station.

Church
is a Romanesque apse dated 1175–1200 that was built as part of the San Martín Church at , , , Spain.

Metro station
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The is a station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Dyckman Street and Broadway in , within northern . It is served by the A train at all times. 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 . Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are: West Fordham Road to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, West Burnside Avenue to the south, and the to the west.

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood located in the West Bronx. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are: West Burnside Avenue to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, the Cross Bronx Expressway to the south, and the to the west.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of , . It is bounded on the north by , on the east by , on the south by the , and on the west by the . Some consider it to be the southernmost part of Riverdale.

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”
  • Chinese: “崔恩堡修道院”
  • Czech: “The Cloisters”
  • Dutch: “The Cloisters”
  • Esperanto: “The Cloisters”
  • Estonian: “The Cloisters”
  • Finnish: “The Cloisters”
  • French: “The Cloisters”
  • German: “The Cloisters”
  • Hebrew: “הקלויסטרז”
  • Hebrew: “הקלויסטרס”
  • Indonesian: “The Cloisters”
  • Italian: “The Cloisters”
  • Japanese: “クロイスターズ”
  • Japanese: “クロイスターズ博物館”
  • Japanese: “クロイスターズ美術館”
  • 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: “The Cloisters”
  • Ukrainian: “Клойстерс”

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