{"id":18990,"date":"2026-01-11T18:59:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/videos-the-gargoyle-and-its-iconography\/video-las-funciones-simbolicas-de-las-gargolas\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:24:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:24:45","slug":"video-the-symbolic-functions-of-gargoyles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/videos-the-gargoyle-and-its-iconography\/video-the-symbolic-functions-of-gargoyles\/","title":{"rendered":"#23 \u2013 The symbolic functions of gargoyles"},"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 symbolic functions of gargoyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xZJ2AaqwxCU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><!-- DESCRIPCI\u00d3N --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 25px;\">In this video, we explore the fascinating <a href=\"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/symbolism-in-images-of-gargoyles\/\">symbolic<\/a> world of <a href=\"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/the-gargoyles\/\">gargoyles<\/a>. Beyond their architectural role as water spouts, these carved figures embody a range of meanings. It is an invitation to look beyond stone and discover what these creatures seem to whisper from above.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AVISO \u00a9 --><\/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, outreach, editorial, or any other use, please contact by email:<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>In this video, we explore the fascinating symbolic world of gargoyles. Beyond their architectural role as water spouts, these carved figures embody a range of meanings. It is an invitation to look beyond stone and discover what these creatures seem to whisper from above. The video on this page is the property of Dolores Herrero [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7733,"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":[2766,1105,2767,2765,2678],"class_list":["post-18990","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-functions-of-architectural-sculpture","tag-gargoyle-iconography","tag-gargoyles-and-symbolic-discourse","tag-meaning-of-medieval-gargoyles","tag-symbolism-in-gargoyles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18990","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=18990"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19487,"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18990\/revisions\/19487"}],"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\/7733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}