The Door of Death, León Cathedral

[Bert45]

On the south façade, the Door of Death, so called because of the figure of a skeleton with wings that is located inside one of the corbels. [barcelo.com]
The left portico [of the west façade] is called “Puerta de la Muerte” [Gate of Death] ....The name Puerta de la Muerte comes from the figure of a skeleton with wings. [http://madillcamino2014.blogspot.com]

I looked for this on my visit earlier this year, but I was unable to find it. I was probably looking in the wrong place. I asked people in the cathedral, but either my Spanish wasn't good enough, or they didn't know where it was.

Does anyone on the forum have a photo of this winged skeleton they'd like to share? Also its location?

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

The location is #24 in this plan:

A translation from https://www.nuevatribuna.es/articul...ia-cultura-leon/20240820194008229890.amp.html

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The south door also has three porticos, in the style of the French Gothic cathedrals, built between 1265 and 1275.​

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The left door is called the “death door”, due to the configuration that accompanies the heraldic sieve of Castile and Leon. It has no decoration on the tympanum, only on the archivolts and jambs. The name Puerta de la Muerte comes from a figure of a skeleton with wings, placed in a later period on one of the corbels.​

This PDF file has a ton of information on the cathedral in Spanish and English (including a picture of la Puerta de la Muerte on page 89). I haven't come up with a picture of the winged skeleton yet.

https://www.revistacatedraldeleon.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/revista-catedral-leon-7-completa.pdf[/I][/INDENT]

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