Catedral Nueva de Santa María del Asedio, Salamanca, Spain
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N 40° 57.655 W 005° 40.002
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Three doors in a big and beautiful doorway arch to the Cathedral of Salamanca
Waymark Code: WMX5WZ
Location: Castilla y León, Spain
Date Posted: 12/01/2017
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One door is used daily for people who want to visit the cathedral (you pay inside, so you can examine the doorway free of charge). You will se many (old and new) ornaments above the entrance door.
The New Cathedral was built directly at the north side of the Old Cathedral (
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The last extensive restoration took place in 1992. The stonecutter Jeronimo Garcia received permission to implement two new figures into the ornaments: an astronaut (picture attached) and an ancient roman faun with icecream. (
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You can see more pictures (and read in Spanish): (
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