Oloron-Sainte-Marie

Oloron is the last town in France before the crossing of the Pyrenees along the Aspe valley and over the Somport Pass into Spain. The cathedral dates from the early twelfth century and the Crusading spirit of the day is amply borne out in the iconography of the porch sculpture. At the base of the trumeau are two chained Saracens, condemned like Atlant figues to support the structure above. The central image of the tympanum is of the Descent from the Cross which is lent an Apocalyptic dimension, as so often in Romanesque art of the pilgrimage roads by the surrounding Elders of the Apocalypse. Significantly, to the left is the androphagous figure of the Leviathan and very unusually opposite on the right, an Imperial Horseman crushing a figure underfoot. Horsemen such as this are a common feature in the Poitou region but unkown this far south. Usually considered to be a reference to the Christian emperors Constantine and Charlemagne, the presence of the horseman at Oloron and the chained Saracens below must reflect a close connection between pilgrimage and crusading and the location of Oloron as a gateway to the armed conflict in Spain of the Reconquest Crusades there.

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• Oloron
• Crusades
• Santiago
• Compostela
• Pilgrim
• Pilgrimage
• Church
• Abbey
• Monastery
• Romanesque
• Medieval
• Christianity
• Camino

[thejoining]

Désolé, la musique a été composée spécialement pour le film comme un certain nombre d'autre sur le site youtube, également mon site The Joining of Heaven and Earth.

Je ne peux que vous proposer de vous renseignez auprès du compositeur. Il y a un lien sur les deux sites. En tout cas je vous remercie de votre intêret.

[legomenol]

Très beau et... "Musique Géniale". Qu'est ce que c'est ???

JFO. Organiste de la Cathédrale

[thejoining]

@legomenol La musique est une composition orginale par Martin A Smith

[woodenlodge]

This is an excellent video and introduction to images of Sin in Romanesque sculpture. I shall link to it from my Romanesque Sin website ("beyond-the-pale"), and would like your permission to put it onto my CD ROM which sells a whole 4 copies a year! Hope to see more from you. ANTHONY WEIR

[thejoining]

Hello Anthony,

Thank you for your interest. I have viewed your site which is impressive and am happy to be linked to it. As I have plans for The Joining of Heaven and Earth I'm not sure about your CD-Rom. Have you managed to see the other clips on "thejoining" site? Best wishes Georges Meisner

[legomenol]

@thejoining Pitié... Impossible de mettre la main sur un enregistrement... Existe t-il une référence quelconque, des CDs, un distributeur...? Grand merci de votre réponse en tout cas.

[hzjs4n]

simplemente hermoso y misterioso

[bobduvar]

Et le Russe ? HMMMM, un délice !!

[claude64680]

super start oloron sainte marie  tresssss belle ville ....je t'aime oloron... otmane rahmani de boufarik

[GrooveMasterItaly]

very nice

[vppyr]

je regrette que l'option intégrer une vidéo sur un site soit désactivée.

je recherche des videos-montages patrimoniaux, et trouve regrettable de ne pas pouvoir les intégrer dans mon site lorsqu'ils me paraissent digne d'intéret..

[musica60]

Fabulous. I was there last summer while doing the Camino and felt that I already knew this portico, after having seen your video a few times a priori. Best, xm