National Geographic History - 11.2019 - 12.2019
HOLY IMAGES The Collegiate Church of San Isidoro in León, northern Spain, was a major staging post for pilgrims on their way to ...
A hermit’s vision revealed that the tomb of St. James was located in northwestern Spain. A church was built there in the ninth c ...
2 4 3 1 SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA A notable example of a pilgrimage church, this cathedral is famed for its size (it is 330 feet lo ...
62 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019 St. Sernin, Bishop of Toulouse, died circa a.d. 250, martyred by being dragged behind a bull. His re- ...
JACQUES SIERPINSKI/CORDON PRESS REACHING FOR THE SKIES The eight-sided bell tower of the Basilica of Saint-Sernin soars over Tou ...
RESPITE AT THE CROSSROADS Two main routes to Santiago de Compostela join here at the village of Puente la Reina in Navarra, nort ...
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MANUEL COHEN/AURIMAGES 66 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019 Narrative sculpture is a common characteristic of the Romanesque style and can ...
ARNAUD SPANI/CORDON PRESS 1 CHRIST THE JUDGE In the center is Christ enthroned, depicted inside a mandorla, an almond- shaped fr ...
COLOR OF AN AGE The group of sculptures created by the master builder Mateo for the Portico of Glory of the Cathedral of Santiag ...
THE RESTORATION OF THE PORTICO OF GLORY AT SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA WAS FUNDED BY THE BARRIÉ FOUNDATION, AND COMPLETED IN 2018. PH ...
Baroque tower The tower destroyed by a fire in 1767 was replaced by another that culminates in a pinnacle divided into a number ...
Nave The nave and two side aisles were originally covered with a flat roof. This was replaced in the 12th century with ribbed va ...
ANTONINO BARTUCCIO/FOTOTECA 9X12 BLENDING TRADITIONS The adaptability of the new architecture is clearly visible in the Cathedra ...
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VOYAGE TO ALABAMA National Geographic used detailed records and measurements to create illustrations of the Clotilda and her tra ...
Identified in 2019, the wreckage of the Clotilda added another compelling chapter to the story of slavery in the United States a ...
76 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019 MICHAEL RUNKEL /AGE FOTOSTOCK AFRICATOWN FREEDOM BELL. A REPLICA STANDS IN THE COURTYARD OF THE MOBILE ...
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY 77 BROADSIDE ANNOUNCING THE SALE OF 94 PEOPLE FROM “SIERRA LEON.” 18TH CENTURY, SOUTH CAROLINA In th ...
78 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019 In the 1800s the growth of cotton as a cash crop reenergized the power of the slavehold- ing states. T ...
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