Film Sculpture
Films of the Romanesque Sculpture of the Pilgrimage Roads to Santiago de Compostela.
Original short films, each devoted to a single Romanesque site presenting the sculpted imagery in detail, with specially composed music by Martin A Smith
Santo Domingo de Silos
The Benedictine abbey of Santo Domingo lies a short distance south of Burgos. The remarkable cloister features one of the most sublime images in all of Romanesque sculpture: the Journey to Emmaus and Christ depicted as a pilgrim to...
Abbaye Sainte-Foy-de-Conques
The pilgrimage abbey church of Conques home to the reliquary statue of Sainte Foy and major station on the Puy Road to Santiago de Compostela. Go to the Conques page for more information.
The Facade of Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
For more information on Saint-Gilles-du-Gard click here.
Santa Marta de Tera
The twelfth century convent church of Santa Marta de Tera is located at some distance south of the Camino Francès on the Via de la Plata route from Merida. Its southern porch features spandrel reliefs of Saint John and Saint James the patron...
Moissac Saint-Pierre Southern Porch
The sculptural ensemble of the southern narthex entrance to the Cluniac abbey of Moissac is one of the undoubted high points of the art of Romanesque sculpture.
Notre-Dame Le Puy-en-Velay Cloister
The great Marian shrine of Le Puy gave its name to one of the four French routes to Compostela. It had a long standing history as one of the most pilgrimage centres in France due to its miracle working Black Madonna. The architecture of cathedral...
