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This figure is from Pontedeume (Camino Inglés) and I assume it is from the church. Taken in 2011 and not labelled . Maybe some-one can fully identify it for us please.

 
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San Juan de Ortega monastery
tomb

photo taken October 31, 2011




San Juan de Ortega/ Saint John of the Nettles is buried within this splendid Gothic mausoleum which displays his recumbent effigy and additional small figures.
 
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San Juan de Ortega monastery
church interior

photo taken October 31, 2011



0ne of the magnificent Romanesque capitals which top the lofty interior columns within the monastery church depicts a fight similar to that between Roland and Farragut.

For an extensive illustrated discussion in Spanish of the importance of the Roland/Farragut or Roldán y Ferragut legend along the CF see this Sasua net articulo
by Javier Hermoso de Mendoza.
 
There's a reason I picked a Roland and Farragut sculpture for the first post of this thread.
 
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Santiago de Compostela
plaza de la Quintana
Cathedral, east facade, 2012

photo taken December 9, 2012



Santiago stands above the Holy Door on the 17th c. east facade of the cathedral.
 
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These are from the churches in Betanzos (Camino Inglés) in the old town: Santiago, Santa Maria (2) and San Francisco. The last was built by the Andrade family and the boar is part of their family emblem.

 
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David Tallan said:
I've always been fond of the sculptures on the facade of the Iglesia del Santo Sepulcro in Estella. Here are a few of them:
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David,
Have you any photos of the interior of the Iglesia del Santo Sepulcro? Each time I ever walked past it was closed to visitors. After reading Wikipedia I would love to see:
"El tímpano de la portada se divide en tres niveles. En el inferior se representa "La Última Cena", en la superior "La crucifixión", mientras que el central presenta tres escenas: a la izquierda "Las tres Marías junto al sepulcro", en la central "El rescate de los inocentes" y a la derecha el "Noli me tangere" "

Margaret
 
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I haven't yet, but it is something to keep in mind the next time I walk past.
 
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Estella
Calle San Nicolás, 1
Palacio de los Reyes de Navarra

photo taken October 25, 2013



On the 12th c. Romanesque civil structure known as the Palacio de los Reyes de Navarra this capital illustrates the fight between Roland and the giant Farragut.

For a good overview of the importance of the Roland/Farragut or Roldán y Ferragut legend on the CF in the Estella area see this Spanish account.
 
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Burgos
cathedral museum

photo taken October 20, 2004



Within the cathedral museum is this mid 15th c. reliquary. Roughly 30cm. high, clad in vermeil/ gold plate on silver, Saint James wears a pilgrim hat complete with shell atop his precise curls. Sainthood is depicted by the flat halo behind his head. He grips his pilgrim staff and from one shoulder hangs a tiny traveling bag known as a scrip also decorated with shells....I still fondly recall seeing this exquisite little sculpture for the first time in 2004.
 
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Iglesia de Santa María de Eunate

photo taken October 21, 2015



Detail of one of the early Romanesque capitals topping a column of the portico which encircles in part the octagonal church.
 
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Rick of Rick and Peg said:
I know this was in Estella and I think this was in the Iglesia de San Pedro de la Rúa. Definitely the church with the long steep steps up to it (or for those shown the way a bit beyond, an elevator to the cloisters).
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I went to the Sculpture museum in Valladolid and your statue reminds me of the style I learned about; polychrome layers over wood carvings, then painted.
Examples of the wood backs-


Polychrome over wood- (Notice the toes are broken, exposing the wood underneath.) I would not have noticed this had I not gone to the museum days earlier.


P.S. For me, Estella is nearly synonymous with those long steep steps you mention.
 
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I went to the Sculpture museum in Valladolid and your statue reminds me of the style I learned about; polychrome layers over wood carvings, then painted.
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OK. If we are are sharing sculpture from the Sculpture Museum in Valladolid:
A misericord seat from a choir stall, around 1497
 
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OK. If we are are sharing sculpture from the Sculpture Museum in Valladolid:
A misericord seat from a choir stall, around 1497
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Well, David, no surprise since most threads do a bit of wandering.
Your sculpture example looks beautifully carved, and intricately formed from wood alone, with no built up layering (although I am only guessing).
 
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Burgos
Plaza de la Libertad
Casa del Cordón
detail

photo taken February 4, 2008



Carved in stone the heavy ropes/cords which surround the main door give the 15th c. palace its name, the Casa del Cordón: it is presently used as a bank/exhibition space.
 
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Najera
Panteón Real
sarcophagus

photo taken February 18, 2007



Small figures adorn the 12th c. sarcophagus of Bianca Garcés de Pamplona one of the multitude of sculpted pieces within the pantheon of the kings of the kingdom of Nájera-Pamplon installed in a wing of the monastery of Santa María la Real.
 
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Hilarious, Rick!
This reminds me of a bar/restaurant I was in while walking one of my Caminos. Absolutely all of its attractive "themed decor" was entirely relating to famous things and objects in London. The irony is that not one worker helping us spoke a lick of English.
 
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When I think of all the chiseled intricately carved little sculptures into stone, I am amazed at the amount of thought and time that went into each one.
 
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Basilique Saint-Sernin
la porte Miégeville, detail

photo taken January 6, 2012



Almost midway on the 800 km Via Tolosana/Voie d'Arles aka the French GR653 which connects Arles to the Col du Somport this slightly salacious carving of small fĺigures adorns the Basilique Saint-Sernin.
 
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Villalcazar de Sirga
Iglesia de Santa María la Blanca

photo taken November 6, 2011



Sacred, eternal beauty endures within the austere 12-14th c. fortress-church, Santa María la Blanca, originally built by/for the Knights Templar and later a royal Marian sanctuary .
 
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La Pedraja, Monumento a los Caidos

photo taken February 23, 2007



Glimpsing the small dove on the Monument to the Fallen/Monumento a los Caidos, where 300 people were shot in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War was truly poignant.
 
Am I correct that this statue, wooden, survived the effects of the Portuguese earthquake in mid 18th century? Somewhere I have a photo of a view from the other side of the statue. What I recall is that it is wooden, and that the statue is attributed with having saved the church from destruction resulting from the tremors. It is indeed a thing of beauty. The tenderness is palpable.
As a dear friend was wont to say: I could be wrong. I remember I was, once before...
 
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Kirkie,
The church and statue are in Villalcazar de Sirga, Spain. I do not know the provenance of the statue.
 
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Kirkie,
The church and statue are in Villalcazar de Sirga, Spain. I do not know the provenance of the statue.
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Yes, In Villalcazar de Sirga, Spain. However, the tremors reached far and wide. My walking companion knew from her mother and her history teacher of the history. I will check. And get back to you!
 
Two interesting 'windows' in the old church of San Salvador de Valdediós (C Primitivo), near Oviedo.
They are both carved from a single piece of stone and are on either side of the doorway.



The doorway is from the monastery - also at Valdediós

 
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Santo Domingo de la Calzada
cathedral interior
effigy

photo taken November 2, 2013



Santo Domingo, an 11th c. hermit who had devotedly improved the local pilgrimage route, ie. the "calzada", is buried within the cathedral which bears his name . The symbol of Santo Domingo is a pair of chickens due to a legend of a young pilgrim's life saved by interceding immortal fowl.
 
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Santo Domingo de Silos
Cloister, detail

photo taken January 23, 2013



At Silos the two story Romanesque cloister was embellished with extraordinary sculpted panels such as the Sepulture and Resurrection.
 
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