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		<title>Gargoyles in the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Aroche (Huelva, Spain)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; In this entry, we travel to Andalusia to examine one of the most historically significant towns in the province of Huelva: Aroche. In this locality stands the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, the parish church that preserves the remarkable gargoyles analysed below. &#160; Architecture and history of the Church of Nuestra Señora [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gargoyles of the Church of Santa María la Mayor in Valderrobres (Teruel, Spain)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 09:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gargoyles of Lower Aragon: The Unique Example of Valderrobres In the beautiful town of Valderrobres, in the Aragonese region of Matarraña (Teruel, Spain), stand the gargoyles that are the focus of this entry. Located on the parish church of Santa María la Mayor, they form, together with the castle built between the 14th and 15th [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>“Chimeric Gargoyles” of the Patio de los Naranjos: Fantastic Creatures in the Palau de la Generalitat (Barcelona)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; The Palau de la Generalitat in Barcelona is the seat of the Presidency and the Regional Government of Catalonia (Spain). The palace is located in the city&#8217;s Gothic Quarter. It was enlarged in the 15th Century and became a magnificent and beautiful building. The palace&#8217;s history is very interesting and worth knowing. However, as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Gargoyles of the Monastery of Alcobaça: Stone Art in Portugal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; In this post we are going to show you one of the most amazing sets of gargoyles that we have found in our travels around Portugal. We are talking about the gargoyles of the superb and beautiful Alcobaça Monastery, a jewel of Portuguese heritage. &#160; &#160; &#160; This monastery is one of the most [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gargoyles of Cahors Cathedral, France: Moss-Covered and Evocative</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 10:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; We travel once again to France, a land of marvellous gargoyles, to discover some very special and different ones. They are in the city of Cahors, in the Occitania region, located in the Saint-Etienne Cathedral. This cathedral (12th to 15th century), in Romanesque and Gothic styles, apart from its superb domes, has an impressive [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Gargoyles of Oviedo Cathedral in Spain: Guardians of an Asturian Treasure</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; In this first entry dedicated to Asturian gargoyles, we are going to discover the unique and suggestive gargoyles of Oviedo Cathedral (Spain). This beautiful city in the Principality of Asturias is home to a Gothic cathedral with a long history, dating back to the 8th century, and a great artistic wealth. The history of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Elusive Gargoyles of the Meirás Towers in A Coruña, Spain</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 09:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Today we are going to discover a number of unique and little-known gargoyles. We are referring, no less, to the gargoyles located in the Torres de Meirás, a magnificent construction also known as Pazo de Meirás, in Sada, a town in the province of A Coruña (Spain). The great writer Emilia Pardo Bazán, who [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Gargoyles of the University of Alcalá de Henares: A Sculptural Legacy of Madrid, Spain&#8217;s Heritage</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; In this entry we travel to the Madrid region (Spain) to explore the marvellous and imaginative gargoyles of one of the most important examples of the Spanish Renaissance: the extraordinary façade of the University of Alcalá de Henares. In 1537, the great Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón was put in charge of this magnificent work, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Exceptional Gargoyles of the West Facade of Salamanca Cathedral</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 11:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Ever since I did my pre-thesis research work on the gargoyles of the city of Salamanca (Spain), I have always been fascinated by the idea of going back to this city and viewing the great number of gargoyles, grotesques and fascinating reliefs on the exteriors of numerous buildings, with countless striking and original creatures [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Gargoyles of Robledo de Chavela’s Church, Spain: Stone Guardians of Madrid&#8217;s Skies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 09:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Today’s post is dedicated to a wonderful church that we discovered thanks to Manuel Haro, art historian and secretary of the Ateneo Antoniorrobles. The church in question is the Iglesia de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora, in the municipality of Robledo de Chavela in the province of Madrid (Spain). It is a fortified church [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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