The Romanesque Tympanum of Conques

The Romanesque Tympanum of Conques

Oct 2, 2009 | Great Portals

  Video: West Porch Tympanum Abbey of Sainte Foy de Conques An Artsymbol Production Music by Martin A Smith Duration 6.00   Even the deep recesses of Erebus lie open as she leads souls out of the underworld The Book of Miracles of Sainte Foy Bernard of...
Via Podensis

Via Podensis

Mar 15, 2009 | Puy Road

Another goes through Notre-Dame of Le Puy, Sainte-Foy of Conques and Saint-Pierre of Moissac The Pilgrim’s Guide   The Puy Road was one of the four French pilgrimage roads to Santiago de Compostela. In the year 951 the bishop of the Auvergnat town of Le...
Espalion Perse Church of Saint Hilarianus

Espalion Perse Church of Saint Hilarianus

Apr 27, 2020 | Puy Road

Espalion was an important halt on the Puy Road to Compostela. Pilgrims who travelled this route would have come from Marian shrine of Le Puy-en-Velay via Saugues and the desolate landscape of the high plateau of the Aubrac. The pilgrims were journeying not only to...
Saint-Pierre de Bessuéjouls

Saint-Pierre de Bessuéjouls

Mar 13, 2018 | Puy Road

In making his appearance on Mount Gargano, he chose himself the high place and for that reason, wherever in the world his church is constructed, it is in such a place The belltower of Saint-Pierre de Bessuéjouls is a remarkable vestige of the Pilgrimage Road. The...
Espalion Perse: South Porch Tympanum

Espalion Perse: South Porch Tympanum

Feb 18, 2020 | Great Portals

Espalion Perse: South Porch Tympanum   Video: Church of Perse at Espalion South Porch Tympanum An Artysymbol Production Production Images and Editing by Georges Meisner Music by Martin A Smith Duration 3.44 The tympanum of the church of Perse at Espalion features...