Christ of Salardu - BW Canvas Print

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In the church of Sant Andreu, Salardu, Lleida, Spain, is this romanesque Christ. The majestic sculpture of the Christ of Salardu, the masterpiece of the Erill la Vall workshop, is also believed to have authored the Christ of Mijaran. The piece shows the image of a suffering Christ, with triangular section of the legs and the characteristic features of Romanesque religious iconologies; it dates from the 12th Century.
According to legend, this image of Christ reached Salardu without its cross, having travelled upstream, yet without ever touching the waters of the river Garona until it reached Salardu and stopped on a rock. The village's more daring inhabitants then picked it up and, somewhat surprisingly, this image - which had seemed rather disinclined to remain in other places that it had visited - finally came to stay in the church of Salardu.

Freelance photographer interested in many areas of photography, RicardMN Photography tries to capture special places and moments. He compiles multiple street, landscape, documentary and portrait photographs from many countries of the world. His photographs are in private collections in New York, Illinois, Ohio, Oregon, Florida, California, New Jersey, Texas, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Idaho, North Carolina, Nebraska, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Washington, Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee, Georgia, Delaware, Montana, Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, etc, as well as in several publications and as part of the...