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Description
Main portal (under the tower) with tympanum image of the Descent from the Cross, surrounded by the Elders of the Apocalypse (in the archivolts). On the left is a beast eating a mixed creature (human and reptile) and a horseman crushing a figure underfoot. At the base of the trumeau are two atlantids in the form of chained Saracens.
Coverage-Spatial
France
Coverage-Temporal
12th century
Keywords
Oloron Sainte Marie Cathedral, Romanesque, architecture, sculpture
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