Sunday, July 13, 2008

church with star ceiling



I am going to have to find out the name of this church and edit the blog later.

I don´t want to forget it. It was on one of the long stages.

It was a "knights templar" church. It was in a tiny village that we passed through. It was built in 1100 or thereabouts but it was so exquisite, in perfect condition.

It had 8 sides like the church of Eunate. This church, a lady came and let us in.

The ceiling was so striking. It was an eight-pointed star, with interlocking lines supporting the center. Anselmo put the camera on the floor and took a picture. We will find the picture and upload it later. It was just so perfect and delicate and obviously designed by a Moorish or Arabic architect. It had that Arabian mathematical symmetry. One thing about Spain that separates it from other European countries is that Moorish architecture.

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