Ein Löwe greift ein Lamm an seinen Hinterbeinen in diesem skulpturellen Detail im romanischen Kloster von 1100s, das an der kathedrale Notre-Dame de Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, Frankreich, befestigt ist, einer ehemaligen römisch-katholischen Kathedrale, die heute eine Pfarrkirche ist und auch cathédrale Sainte-Marie genannt wird.
4256 x 2832 px | 36 x 24 cm | 14,2 x 9,4 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
23. Dezember 2007
Ort:
Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, Occitanie, France.
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Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, Occitanie, France: medieval sculpture in the Romanesque cloister built in the 1100s on the southern side of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame includes this hapless lamb with its hind legs in the clawed clutches of a lion. The cloister was built on uneven ground above ancient ramparts and it has an irregular shape. Its southern gallery is unique amongst Romanesque cloisters in having an open south side, which offers superb views of the Pyrenean foothills. The eastern, western and southern galleries are formed by round Romanesque arches resting on rows of double columns, while the northern walk, known as the Gallery of Tombs, was rebuilt in the 1400s and 1500s and houses some surviving tombs of monks, benefactors and monastic visitors. The former cathedral (its diocese was abolished in 1793) was founded by an Augustinian canon, Bertrand de l’Isle Jourdain. He built the cathedral and its cloister as Bishop of Comminges and was canonised in 1222. St Bertrand is buried in the cathedral’s sanctuary in a magnificent painted mausoleum. The cathedral and its village, built amid the remains of an ancient Gallo-Roman colony, became an important stage for pilgrims following the Camino de Santiago or Way of Saint James to Santiago de Compostela. It is now part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site devoted to the Camino de Santiago in France. D1148.B3708
