Catedral Nueva in Salamanca, Spain, was constructed between the 16th and 18th century - so how did an unmistakable carving of an astronaut end up amongst the baroque curlicue carvings and gothic monsters on the cathedral wall?
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It was added during a restoration in the 1990s or around about then.
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When I toured the cathedral in York, England, the tour guide revealed that, when they restored carvings of small heads after a fire, one artist put in a few Ferengi, Klingons, Vulcans, etc.
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From Wikipedia; "The astronaut, along with other contemporary symbols was added in 1992 during restoration work on the "new" cathedral. The person responsible for the restoration, Jeronimo Garcia, reportedly chose an astronaut as a fitting symbol of the twentieth century. According to an article about the restoration (in Portuguese - Click here for Google translation to English), it is a tradition of cathedral builders and restorers to include a contemporary symbol on the building as a means of "signing" their work."
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Thanks for the heads up, guys. Or we could have RTFA.
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The National Cathedral in Washington DC has a Darth Vader grotesque, as well as a stained glass window commemorating the moon landing. This sort of thing is not uncommon, it seems.
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If the astronaut is carrying a sickle doesn't that make him or her a Cosmonaut?
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Ahahaha, that astronaut is so cute.
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