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09-14-2016 10:36 AM |
23 Time Travelers Caught On Tape | Mozo Travel | Page 4
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Image Source: irishtimes.com
Here is photo of what looks like an astronaut on a pillar at Salamanca Cathedral Church, Spain. The church took nearly two centuries to build (1600s-1800s), but why then would they have carved such a figure into stone? What else could it possibly represent other than that which we know it to be now?
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http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/salamanca.asp
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Unfortunately for Chariot buffs, however, the origins of the carving are neither ancient nor mysterious. The astronaut figure dates not from the 12th century or the 16th century or even the 18th century, but from 1992, and we know both who put it there and why: The New Cathedral was undergoing restoration work during that period, and one of the artisans engaged in the project chose to engage in a bit of tradition by "signing" his work with a contemporary symbol representative of the 20th century: an astronaut.
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The restoration of the Cathedral of Salamanca in 1992 integrated modern and contemporary motifs, including a carved figure of an astronaut. The use of this motif was in the tradition of cathedral builders and restorers including contemporary motifs among older ones as a way of signing their works. The person responsible for the restoration, Jeronimo Garcia, chose an astronaut as a symbol of the twentieth century.
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He lost his nose already?
Shoddy work I'd say.
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