Salamanca 2

We thought we should do a separate post for the churches.  They were pretty rich.  There was the "new" church from the 16th C and the old church from the 12th C.  And it was nice of the new guys not to wreck the old one.

The organ was quite something.

There's the organist. Can you imagine?

Here's the choir, done for the day.

As you can imagine, it's very vaulty.

There might even be a Grail...

The "old" church had lots of intact frescoes.

Is that Easy Peasy guarding the tomb?

There was an altar with 52 panels so the priest could have a subject every week.

There was a tomb of patrons of the original Cathedral.   Note that the woman is praying(rosary) and man is fighting (sword).  Seems to be a tale throughout history.

 

The "new" church was refurbished a bit in the 1990s, with the addition of some new gargoyles in the vinework around the entrance.

This one in particular has spawned a lot of ancient aliens theories until the theorists read the facts.

This dragon got himelf an ice cream cone.

And this one is just a mystery.

See you soon!