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Thanks, caminka. I tried to find it using Streetview too, without success. I saw one (seven-pointed star) on the outer wall of the cathedral, but it wasn't between two arches. Anyone know the meaning/derivation of the seven-pointed star? The 'star' of David has six points, but it's nothing like the seven-pointed star on the walls in Santiago. I mean, the star of David is a hexagon with a triangle on each side, whereas the seven-pointed star above has seven 'lobes' going right to the centre. I usually take a photo after a photo such as this to tell me where the first photo was taken. But I didn't do it that time.a virtual walk along rua vilar didn't reveal any such plaques.
on the other hand, I spotted three coats-of-arms with a seven-pointed star on the outer walls of the cathedral complex. one in rua fonseca, one to the left of puerta de las platerias and one to the right of puerta santa.
Now that you've said, that, Peter, I can suddenly read it! But, just a niggle, the CAMP is quite clear, but the next symbol looks like a 9. The next word seems to me to be ESTELLE. You've answered half my question, so thanks!
The star can have different meanings.
The reliëf with the expression "Campus Stellae " is a Latin toponymic form used to refer to Compostela.
Be safe, Peter
Thanks again, caminka. That's an interesting article on Wiki. Although our week has seven days, and we know that 'on the seventh day God rested', I quibble with Wiki on the 'seven days of creation'. The creation took six days. Also our seven-pointed star doesn't look like the geometric diagrams in the article. Our star is more like a flower with seven petals, with next-to-nothing in the centre. Surely the 'House of God' shouldn't need protection from evil? But I'm not suggesting that you are wrong in any way. All ideas are valid to me.wikipedia says:
I tried googling heptagrama and various forms of santiago, cathedral and the like, and not one find.
- The heptagram was used in Christianity to symbolize the seven days of creation and became a traditional symbol for warding off evil. The symbol is used in some Christian branches such as Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity.
this is a completely wild guess, but perhaps if there is (was) another seven-pointed star somewhere on the northern and western side of the cathedral complex, it could mean protection from evil on all four sides?
the arches look a bit like the arches on the facade of san martino pinario. no plaque there, though.
I recommend a camera that records the location as GPS data within the metadata of the photo. A quite common feature now, even in cameras that are not expensive.I usually take a photo after a photo such as this to tell me where the first photo was taken
great find.Somebody else, while walking into Santiago and to the Cathedral, also photographed the sculpture shown in the first post of this thread. The other photos taken in this context and shown on the blog make me think that these emblems are displayed on the Cathedral building itself or in the immediate vicinity. Here are two photos from the blog:
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Bingo!It can be see on the left side of this photo I took in the Praza das Praterias. This is a little tucked in corner (when facing the cathedral) on the left side of the steps leading up to the doors.
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Thanks @Theatregal! You've made my Santiago friends happy, too, as they were all wondering exactly where it was!It can be see on the left side of this photo I took in the Praza das Praterias. This is a little tucked in corner (when facing the cathedral) on the left side of the steps leading up to the doors.
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Thanks @Theatregal! You've made my Santiago friends happy, too, as they were all wondering exactly where it was!
Helping to solve a mystery is always fun!!Thank you, Theatregal! THANK YOU! I don't remember going down there – off course not, if I did I wouldn't have started this quest. And thanks to all the other contributors. The one that Kathar1na found, above the one I was looking for, looks identical to the one on the south side of the cathedral in Rúa de Fonseca. The star in my photo has faintly carved 'flames' between the points – they are really just wavy lines, but I guess they represent flames. How satisfying to put his one to bed! [I will hope to get a camera with GPS next time.]
so cool my guess turned out to be correct!It can be see on the left side of this photo I took in the Praza das Praterias. This is a little tucked in corner (when facing the cathedral) on the left side of the steps leading up to the cathedral doors.
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there are (at least) two more such stars on the walls around the cathedral: in rua fonseca and to the right of puerta santa.There is definitely one 7-pointed star, with added flames for more brilliance and shining above the tomb of Saint James, on the side of the Praza das Praterias but this one is not the one:
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