Monday, August 3, 2020

11th Century Romanesque Church in Flames

Edit: built in the 11th century, Saint Martin Church in Plascencia Spain is on fire. 

Now who would want to burn a church?


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link: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=627586531214018&id=376290383010302&ref=m_notif&notif_t=group_highlights AMDG

6 comments:

Zurich Coffee Drinker said...

Maybe one of the survivors of the Catholic bombing of Guernica 1937 ?

Tancred said...

War is Hell, but every degenerate boomer I’ve ever known has a shitty print of this painting somewhere in his house.

Anonymous said...

That did not happen in Palencia, but in Plasencia. The difference is that Palencia is in the region of Castilla, whereas Plasencia is in the region of Extremadura.

https://www.elnortedecastilla.es/nacional/investigan-causas-incendio-iglesia-6177605034001-20200803074513-vi.html

Anonymous said...

Not likely. ETA declared a ceasefire 10 years ago and attacks have ceased to such a point that immigration has increased in the Basque Country.

Tancred said...

Thanks,
Here’s another one:

https://okdiario.com/video/arde-iglesia-san-martin-plasencia-investigan-si-fuego-sido-provocado-5974858?fbclid=IwAR3nl7969X-EoBG2YiJo2qRrdT9dVYXyq_1en9tKMbP6i0qq9IOyXduKl4I

Anonymous said...

´El Divino´


https://www.cope.es/emisoras/extremadura/caceres-provincia/plasencia/noticias/humo-perjudica-divino-morales-iglesia-san-martin-20200804_845381

Pero sin duda alguna las protagonistas del templo son las ocho tablas de Luis de Morales, el "divino", que se enmarcan en el retablo mayor, una talla plateresca realizada por el entallador placentino Francisco Rodríguez.

Las pinturas fueron realizadas entre los años 1565 y 1570, y cuatro de las ocho tablas se atribuyen directamente a las manos y al pincel de Morales, como son la Anunciación, San Martín, la Visitación y la Circuncisión, mientras que los Santos Padres, la Natividad, la Epifanía y San Martín a caballo, habrían sido realizadas por maestros de su taller.