Little sculptures

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Camino Frances
Roncesvalles monastery
Iglesia de Santa María
interior detail

photo taken February 7, 2007



Various symbols enrich this carved coffre encased on a side aisle near the main entrance of the Iglesia de Santa María.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

"No, it wasn't me!"


Another ...


from what I believe was the moved church in Portomarin.

 

[David Tallan]

Here's another one from San Martin in Fromista:

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

San Martin it is then.

 

[VNwalking]

Here is a beautiful little statue from the Cathedral in Santiago that I've never noticed before. It has its own little niche along the NW wall of the transept.

 

[David Tallan]

Here is a beautiful little statue from the Cathedral in Santiago that I've never noticed before. It has its own little niche along the NW wall of the transept.
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OK. Here's another one from the Cathedral in Santiago.

 

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Camino de la Lana
Santo Domingo de Silos


photo taken January 24, 2013



This bronze monument is of the 11th c. Abbot for whom the great monastery is named; the elongated silhouette and accentuated curves appear to be in the Spanish Modernismo style.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Weird Yoda.

 

[VNwalking]

Now that the Cathedral in Santiago is restored, you can see all sorts of things that were never obvious before. Like these guys holding up the dome over the crossing of the transept and the nave. There are 8bof them, each a bit different.

 

[David Tallan]

Not in the cathedral, I believe this is from the chapel in the Hostal de Los Reyes Catolicos in Santiago.

 

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Camino Frances
Burgos, map/marker

photo taken November 8, 2013



Sometimes small figures can be seen beneath your feet as on this map/marker set within the pavement of the Alto Burgos area, near the castle and uphill from the cathedral.

 

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Camino Frances
Roncesvalles monastery

photo taken February 7, 2007



The hat below the window signifies this as the Casa Prioral.

 

[David Tallan]

Yet another one from the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, October 2018.

 

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Camino Frances
leaving Navarrete

photo taken October 28, 2015



Attached to the entrance wall of the Navarrete cemetery west of town this contemporary marker/tablet depicts two pilgrim basics, a water gourd and staff.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Attached to the entrance wall of the Navarrete cemetery west of town this contemporary marker/tablet depicts two pilgrim basics, a water gourd and staff.

I've got this picture too. I didn't note its location though. Thank you.

 

[VNwalking]

I'm a sucker for horses.
These guys are on the portico leading into the Capilla Sta Maria Corticela in Santiago.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Call me a cheater; this isn't a sculpture but it is attached to a church, the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. 2019 and 2015.

 

[David Tallan]

Here's one from the mysterious church in Eunate.

 

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Camino Frances
León
Cathedral Santa Maria
cloister door, detail

photo taken March 7, 2007



This panel from the entrance door into the Claustro/Cloister of the León cathedral, was visible in 2007. Can it still be easily seen?

 

[BarbaraW]

I spotted this yesterday, church of Santiago, Caceres on the VDLP. Not sure if it is St James or a pilgrim.

 

[markie6]

Old seat that I have seen a few times but forget where right now

 

[David Tallan]

In the choir of the cathedral in Leon. From my 2016 Camino that I walked with my son, Tobias.

 

[VNwalking]

I'm not sure if this counts.
But the organ pipes in the Santiago Cathedral are positively crawling with cherubs.
I never noticed this before the restoration.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Definitely not little. This was on exhibit in the nave of the Sagrada Familia in 2019. It, or a bigger version, is too be on one of the church's spires.

 

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Camino Frances
Puente La Reina - Gares
Calle del Crucifijo
Iglesia del Crucifijo
interior

photo taken February 11, 2007



This is the distinctive 14th c. crucifix for which the church, convent and calle are named

 

[Theatregal]

In the hermitage of Nuestra Señora del Socorro, Población de Campos.

 

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Camino Frances
Roncesvalles monastery

photo taken February 7, 2007



This somber photograph examplifies the endurance of the Romanesque style.

 

[David Tallan]

Here's one from Burgos cathedral.