{"id":18637,"date":"2025-10-23T17:14:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/videos-the-gargoyle-and-its-iconography\/video-la-gargola-como-canalon-de-desague\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:29:07","slug":"video-the-gargoyle-as-an-architectural-water-spout","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/videos-the-gargoyle-and-its-iconography\/video-the-gargoyle-as-an-architectural-water-spout\/","title":{"rendered":"#2 \u2013 The Gargoyle as an Architectural Water Spout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VIDEO BLOCK --><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 1.5rem;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;\" title=\"The Gargoyle as an Architectural Water Spout\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MmqXx8jDAmQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><!-- DESCRIPTION --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 25px;\">This video examines the role of the <a href=\"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/the-gargoyles\/\">gargoyle<\/a> in the Middle Ages, a formative period when these sculptural figures acquired a specific architectural function as an <em>architectural water spout<\/em>. It analyses the historical context and the transformations that led to their systematic incorporation into medieval architecture, highlighting both their symbolic meaning and their structural purpose.<\/p>\n<p><!-- COPYRIGHT NOTICE --><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border: none; border-top: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 30px auto 15px; width: 50%;\" \/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 13px; color: #777777; line-height: 1.4; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 30px;\">The video on this page is the property of <strong>Dolores Herrero \u00a9 doloresherrero.com<\/strong>.<br \/>\nProtected by copyright.<br \/>\nFor academic, educational, editorial or other uses, please contact:<br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #777777; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"mailto:lola@doloresherrero.com\">lola@doloresherrero.com<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video examines the role of the gargoyle in the Middle Ages, a formative period when these sculptural figures acquired a specific architectural function as an architectural water spout. It analyses the historical context and the transformations that led to their systematic incorporation into medieval architecture, highlighting both their symbolic meaning and their structural purpose. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7477,"parent":15535,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[2430,1022,2424,1105,72,2431,2426,907,2427],"class_list":["post-18637","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-architectural-function","tag-architectural-water-spout","tag-funcion-arquitectonica-de-las-gargolas-en","tag-gargoyle-iconography","tag-gargoyles-en","tag-gothic-symbolism","tag-iconografia-de-las-gargolas-en","tag-medieval-architecture","tag-simbolismo-de-las-gargolas-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19477,"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18637\/revisions\/19477"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}