Puerta de las Platerias
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Title
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Puerta de las Platerias
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Rights
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UNESCO. Creative Commons 3.0.
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Creator
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Gil de Hontañón (1500-1577 C.E.)
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Date
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1103-1117 C.E.
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Description
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The southern façade of Santiago de Compostela, known as the Puerta de las Platerias was a common entrance into the cathedral by pilgrims. The design is Romanesque with stone rounded arches that are densely decorated with carved reliefs depicting Biblical characters and stories. The arch is called a tympanum with the round facade and relief worked into its exterior construction. The scene depicts the various duels of Jesus and Satan, where Jesus rebukes him. Angels and demons are scattered intermittently between the scenes, both represented with wings and some demons as monkeys. In entering the cathedral under these two tympanums, a pilgrim could learn about the struggle of good versus evil.
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Format
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Architecture. Limestone.
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Publisher
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Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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Contributor
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Elizabeth Washburn
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Identifier
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UNESCO. 1985. 107.59 ha.
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Subject
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Cathedral; reliefs; medieval; Catholic; pilgrim; pilgrimage; facade; Platerias
