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Finally, by 1933, the political situation had become more stable, and on July 8, an exchange was finally effected. In place of the sarcophagus slab, the Fogg received a marble column from a monastery in Santiago, a double capital from a thirteenth century monastery in Palencia, some ancient Spanish pottery and 24 small bronze figures. The latter were found in a sanctuary near a mining district and may have been votive offerings to the gods of minerals...
...capitals on either side of the main entrance door of the Fogg Museum are from the Abbey of Santa Maria de Alabanza near the hamlet of Labranza de Pisuerga in the partido of Cervera, province of Palencia, Spain...