Spaceman Carving Found on a 16th Century Cathedral!

By Alex in Architecture, Travel on Jan 7, 2008 at 7:31 pm

Amidst intricate carvings of mythical animals and saints, there is an unusual figure in the wall of the New Cathedral in Salamanca, Spain: an astronaut!

Well … actually the spaceman figure was put in by workers when the Cathedral was renovated in recent years. (BTW, the "New" Cathedral was built in the 16th-18th century)

LinkThanks Emperor!

Previously on Neatorama: Darth Vader Grotesque on Neatorama’s Top 10 Divinely Designed Churches (scroll down), Dinosaur carving in Ankor Wat


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  1. Javi
    Jan 8th, 2008 at 5:01 am

    It is Yuri Gagarin

  2. Alan
    Jan 8th, 2008 at 5:11 am

    There’s also actually a devil eating an ice cream about 50 cm above this one too.

  3. Amy
    Jan 8th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    What a misleading header! I was all excited to read about some mysterious futuristic carving from the 1600′s, poo.

  4. ted
    Jan 8th, 2008 at 8:52 pm

    Yes, not exactly “earth-shattering”.


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