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04-JAN-2015

Castelló d´Empuries

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.

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Date/Time04-Jan-2015 15:33:27
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Focal Length18 mm
Exposure Time1/833 sec
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Helen Betts19-Nov-2016 19:44
Beautiful shadow and light in this well-composed capture. Quite a sturdy looking church, too. V.
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