It's Romanesque-old, large, with some interesting frescoes, but in general did not impress. I think we like our cathedrals set firmly in the past, not the present.
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Other things situated on rocks in Le Puy en
Velay: St. Michel d'Aiguilhe chapel |
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Approaching the main entrance to the cathedral |
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Coquille St. Jacques |
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At the entrance |
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The World Heritage plaque |
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Oldish column near the entrance |
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Among the more interesting frescoes left |
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Another |
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Big non-Romanesque organ ( despite the architecture, this
place reeked of Baroque) |
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Main feature, the raiment of the Virgin Mary |
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Certainly not the "real" raiment; leading me to wonder if they
dress it up on occasion, like the Mannequin Pis; really creepy |
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Wheel.....of.....Fortune! |
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More fresco |
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Early version of the Little Mermaid |
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Another column of interest, out on the south
porch |
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Pilgrims (pelerins) or possibly pilgrim re-enactors, approaching
the door where they get blessed (The Way is a really good movie
about the contemporary Camino Santiago) |
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View of the city from the cathedral grounds |
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No funny faces here |
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Door to the cloisters not taken; it was too close
to quittin' time |
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What we would have seen |
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Nice tiled steeples |
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Notre Dame de France (metal, 1860s); "Wave
hello to all the people, Baby J!" |
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From the aire that evening |
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Lasting memory of Le Puy en Velay |
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