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31-AUG-2014

Castelló D´Empúries

Basílica de Santa Maria
The front cover features a large main stone from the fifteenth century, attributed to master builder Antoni Antigó, and is divided into three sections: two bell towers and a central body. This central part has the portal, framed between two pinnacles. Its beauty consists of six archivolts which delimit the tympanum and the pediment. The Adoration of the Magi is represented in the tympanum. The six archivolts are topped by twelve niches that house the twelve apostles. All sculptures are carved with great perfection and attention to detail. Under the niches, there is a socket with blind windows resting on a bench. On top of the cover and occupying the top of the central body, there is a large Gothic rosette, which supplies light to the interior of the temple. The bell tower (from the twelfth or thirteenth) stands on the north side. It is a tower divided into five floors with a height of 36 meters that follows the architectural design of the Lombard influenced bell towers.

Canon EOS 70D
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Nirvan Hope06-Nov-2016 02:32
How wonderful to capture the birds flying by the tower.
Neil Marcus06-Nov-2016 02:23
The birds add lots of interest.
Gill Kopy06-Nov-2016 01:00
Lovely shot with the birds - I wonder how many generations of them have come here !! V
Dwight Rankine05-Nov-2016 21:55
Beautiful shot and good timing. V
duo05-Nov-2016 21:40
Birds are such a fabulous element, takes this image from a scene to a great image.v
fotabug05-Nov-2016 21:27
Beautiful! It seems the birds like the tower too! Do they roost there? Nice work!
Jim Coffman05-Nov-2016 20:36
Nice capture with all the birds...
Helen Betts05-Nov-2016 20:19
Perfect timing to get all those birds around this imposing tower. V.
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