#Pamplona Navarre art

[manoartesana]

Gothic rosette pendant. Sterling Silver 925. Architecture rose window tracery. Owieru Pamplona Navarra

The Cloister of the Cathedral of Pamplona is a masterpiece of Gothic art. This pendant is inspired by one of the Gothic rosette in the Cloister and recreates the tracery and Gothic elements that decorate it. Owieru has made the pendant from sterling silver which makes it strong and durable. This jewel is a tribute to the historical art of Gothic architecture and the wonderful city of Pamplona, Navarra. This jewel is perfect for those looking for a touch of beauty to their daily look or for lovers of art and architecture.

This pensant is the best example of how the past can be merged with the present to create something unique and beautiful.

Details:

Made in lowrelief with aged effect sterling silver 925.

·Big: 20 mm. approximate, without ring and bail pendant. ·Small: 17 mm. approximate, without ring and bail pendant.

***The chain is not included.

Etsy Store: Gothic Rosette pendant Owieru.

[the-bridgehunters-chronicles]

Google Arts and Culture Tour Guide: Plazaola Greenway

Ameraun Acqueduct spanning the Leitzaran: One of the sites to see along the Plazaola Greenway. Photo in WikiCommons With a length of 68 kilometers and connecting the towns of Sarasa and Andoain, the Plazaola Greenway follows the former railway line that linked Pamplona with San Sebastian in the Navarre River valley in the Basque Country in Spain. The line served train service from 1914 to 1958,…

[philoursmars]

Sans raison précise, une série de trois sur des archanges, des anges, des chérubins et même des cupidons qui se glisseront dans le lot.

-  Amiens - cathédrale Notre-Dame  - ”Vie de Saint Firmin”

 - Turquie - îlot d'Akhtamar - église Sainte-Croix

- Issoire

- Pampelune

- Nantes - Cathédrale St-Pierre-et-St-Paul

- Arras - musée des Beaux-Arts

- Loctudy 

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Running with the Bulls, Navarre, Pamplona, San Fermines, Spain, Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1952, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Doug and Joan Hansen © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos Size: 24.8 x 17.1 cm (9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/342929

[ars-videndi]

Saint Firmin Holding His Head, c.1225–75, made in Amiens, France, limestone and paint, 110.5 × 38.1 × 33 cm.

Saint Firmin was a 4th-century missionary who became the first bishop of Amiens and the patron saint of that city. This statue is said to have come from the destroyed bishop’s palace at Amiens ( The Metropolitan Museum of Art )

Saint Firmin, or San Fermin, is also venerated in Pamplona where the famous fiestas (Sanfermines), with bullfight and bull-running, are held every year in his honor.

San Ferm��n is said to have been the son of a Roman of senatorial rank in Pamplona in the 3rd century, who was converted to Christianity by Saint Honestus, a disciple of Saint Saturninus. According to tradition, he was baptised by Saturninus (in Navarre also known as Saint Cernin), ordained a priest in Toulouse, and returned to Pamplona as its first bishop. On a later preaching voyage, he was beheaded in Amiens, France.

Legenda aurea mentions several miracles associated with the discovery and translation of the relics of San Fermin in the time of Savin, bishop of Amiens (traditionally c. 600). A sweet odor arose from his grave. The smell caused ice and snow to melt, flowers to grow, the sick to be cured, and trees to be inclined reverently toward the saint.

Historians have so far failed to find any documentary proof of existence of the saint; it is therefore assumed that the legend of San Fermin originated in the 9th or 11th century in France and then made its way to Pamplona.

In spite of the criteria which came about in the Catholic Church after the Council of Trent and which caused the repudiation of the validity of some saints, there has never been any official estimation made by the Church on this Navarran saint. “There have been several saints which have been declared apocryphal by the Church, such as St. Christopher, for example, and this has not had any excessive consequences. In any case, with local saints such as San Fermin, it would be the responsibility of the local diocese to make a declaration in this respect. Then of course the response of the people would have to be considered.”

At present, the cult to San Fermin continues to exist both in Pamplona and in Amiens for many people, and the Fiestas in Pamplona still attract thousands and thousands of visitors from all parts of the world.

Sources: Saint Fermin (Wikipedia), Sanfermines (Wikipedia)

Extensive info on the development of the legend and cult of San Fermin, the aforementioned historical studies and the history of the Pamplona festivities can be found here (En).

[araquefotos]

Yamaguchi park World! #pamplona #navarre #spain #photography #art

[moonbeamsonlyplease]

The Virgin Mary and UV Rays

If you’re interested in Catholicism, art history, or Medieval and Renaissance European culture, you’ve probably seen images of the Annunciation of the Virgin, in which the angel Gabriel brings Mary the cool news that she will bear the child of the Lord. (Congrats!!) 

We know this is happening because the angel has a curving Latin speech ribbon (pre-cursor to the conventional comic-book speech bubble without which we would never have gotten any Avengers movies) telling her exactly what the heck is going on. The word itself is holy, not just because of its message, but because it comes from God. In some interpretations, it is the word itself that does the impregnating. Wild stuff! (I promise you this is relevant to sunscreen, just hear me out.)

Another “tell” that these annunciation pictures almost always feature is a beam of light streaming through the window. The sunlight is the lord, because it penetrates glass (i.e. the delicate pure virgin) without breaking or affecting it. Hence, the immaculate conception - she is still pure, hooray!

Now, one thing that has caused a great deal of agita for me and probably countless women throughout history is the thought of an anatomical virgin enduring the trauma of childbirth. What kind of gross sado-patriarchist even comes up with this? Well now we can all sleep at night, because apparently there is considerable medieval literature* supporting the claim that poor Mary actually stays virga intacta throughout and following the birth itself. Little baby Jesus goes right through her like Casper the Holy Ghost. Honestly, that makes me feel a lot better.

So what can we take away from this? 

Wear your sunscreen even if you are inside! A window is not a UV filter. Apparently it’s not a great god-condom either. But unlike the immaculate conception, sunlight will damage you. Every time, even if you don’t see it right away. 

*Shoutout to Andrew Breeze of the University of Navarre, Pamplona for his article “The Blessed Virgin and the Sunbeam Through Glass” that I found online for free.

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Outrage in Spain over botched restoration of 500-year-old St. George statue

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Outrage in Spain over botched restoration of 500-year-old St. George statue

  Pamplona, Spain, Jun 28, 2018 / 10:32 am (CNA).- Outrage has been sparked in a town in northern Spain over the botched renovation of a 16th-century wooden sculpture of St. George, which was repainted by a local arts and crafts teacher.

The Church of St. Michael – located just southwest of Pamplona in the town of Estella – allegedly hired a local workshop to restore the 500-year-old polychrome statue which was showing signs of age.

  A botched statue restoration in Spain: Is that St. George or Tintin? https://t.co/aAZlha24ft pic.twitter.com/LwZSQxzQeV

— National Post (@nationalpost) June 27, 2018

  The workshop, called Karmacolor, specializes in arts and crafts for children and basic furniture repairs – not professional restoration, according to the town’s mayor Koldo Leoz.

However, the parish priest said the church only intended for the arts and crafts teacher to clean the sculpture and did not ask for a full renovation, according to the BBC. Since the attempted restoration, which started about a month ago, the once-faded St. George sculpture now bears a pink face with brightly colored red and gray armor.

“The parish decided on its own to take action to restore the statue and gave the job to a local handicrafts teacher. The council wasn’t told and neither was the regional government of Navarre,” said Koldo Leoz, mayor of Estella, according to the Guardian.

“It’s not been the kind of restoration that it should have been for this 16th-century statue. They’ve used plaster and the wrong kind of paint and it’s possible that the original layers of paint have been lost,” Leoz continued, adding, “this is an expert job it should have been done by experts.”

Spain’s art conservation association (ACRE) also decried the failed restoration attempt, saying “we cannot tolerate more attacks on our cultural heritage.”

“It shows a frightening lack of training of the kind required for this sort of job,” ACRE said in a statement.

Carmen Usua, the owner of a restoration company in the Navarra region, called the restoration an “atrocity.”

“As a professional, I feel disconcerted and very offended. It takes years to acquire the skills necessary to carry out these kind of restorations, so imagine the frustration when something like this happens,” Usua said, according to the New York Times.

This is not the first time a Spanish Catholic church has attracted headlines with a botched attempt at artwork renovation. In 2012, an 81-year-old woman decided to “fix” a peeling 19th-century “Ecce Homo” fresco, depicting the face of Jesus Christ at Sanctuary of Mercy Church in Zaragoza, Spain.

The result smeared the features of the image to such shapelessness that it was not recognizably human and was described as a werewolf or a monkey.

CNA Daily News – Europe

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[andrea-cristina-travel-blog]

Spain road trip: San Sebastián to Valencia

This route kicks off with the dazzling food and art of the Basque country before traversing Navarre and Aragon and heading south to Spain’s paella capital• More Spain road trips: Málaga-Jerez and Madrid-Santiago de CompostelaSan Sebastián (or Donostia in Basque) is one of the most elegant coastal towns on the Iberian peninsula. It’s also a mecca for foodies, with more Michelin-starred restaurants per capita than anywhere in the world except Kyoto. For a town with fewer than 200,000 inhabitants, it has a lot to offer. Install yourself in Hotel Niza (doubles from €85 room only) and take a walk along the seafront to the Peine del Viento (Comb of the Wind), a sculpture by local artist Eduardo Chillida. There’s an open-air sculpture park dedicated to his work in the nearby town of Hernani.Eat standing up in any of the pintxo bars in the old town – Gandarias (fish main from €14, Kalea 31 de Agosto) is especially good – or take a five-minute trip on the tiny ferry across the mouth of the river from Pasaia to San Juan and dine at Txulotxo (five courses from €35) which does superb fish and seafood with a view out to sea. The San Sebastián area also boasts some of the best surf in Europe, and you can hire everything you need along the seafront or at the resort town of Zarautz about 10km west of the city. Continue reading...

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/jul/22/spain-road-trip-san-sebastian-zaragoza-pamplona-valencia-hotels-restaurants

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Places to see in ( Tudela - Spain ) Tudela is a municipality in Spain, the second largest city of the autonomous community of Navarre and twice a former Latin bishopric. Tudela is sited in the Ebro valley. Fast trains running on two-track electrified railways serve Tudela and two freeways (AP 68 and AP 15) join close to it. Tudela is the capital of the Ribera Navarra, the agricultural region of lower Navarre. The poet Al-Tutili, the 12th-century traveler Benjamin of Tudela, the 13th century writer William of Tudela and the physician and theologian Michael de Villanueva were from the city. The city hosts an annual festival in honor of Santa Ana (mother of the Virgin Mary) which begin on 24 July at noon and continue for approximately a week. Street music, bullfights and the running of the bulls are typical events of the festival. Later Tudela became an important defensive point for the Kingdom of Navarre in battles with Castile and Aragon. Tudela was an Agramont party stronghold and actually the last Navarrese one to surrender to Ferdinand II of Aragon's Aragonese troops in the initial 1512 Spanish invasion of Navarre, only doing so to avoid futile bloodshed, Spanish pillaging and further confiscations to town dwellers, after the Navarrese king failed to send a relief force. At the end of the 17th century, a new public square was built, called Plaza Nueva or Plaza de los Fueros, which became the main city square. In 1783 the Diocese of Tudela was created, split off from Pamplona. On 23 November 1808, Napoleon Bonaparte's Marshal Lannes won the Battle of Tudela in the Peninsular War. The train station was built in 1861, which, together with the agricultural revolution, resulted in a new period of expansion for the city. The bishopric was merged back into 'Pamplona-Tudela' in 1851, restored in 1889 and ultimately suppressed in 1984. Alot to see in ( Tudela - Spain ) such as : The Cathedral of Our Lady of Solitude (12th-13th centuries). It includes examples of Romanesque architecture, such as the Puerta del Juicio, or Door of the (Last) Judgement, some Gothic influences and Baroque additions to the building. Church of Magdalene (12th century), in Romanesque style Church of San Nicolás (12th century) Church of San Jorge (17th century), in Baroque style Bardenas Reales Tudela Cathedral Museo Muñoz Sola de Arte Moderno Palacio Decanal El Dorado salón de juego y apuestas Santa María Magdalena, Tudela Casa del Almirante Bodegas García Burgos S L Nuevo Casino Tudelano Entidad Pública Empresarial Local Castel Ruiz Antonio Albiñana Martínez Plaza de los Fueros Museo Del Tudela ( Tudela - Spain ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Tudela . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Tudela - Spain Join us for more : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLP2J3yzHO9rZDyzie5Y5Og http://ift.tt/2drFR54 http://ift.tt/2cZihu3 http://ift.tt/2drG48C https://twitter.com/Placestoseein1 http://ift.tt/2cZizAU http://ift.tt/2duaBPE

[gomacau]

St Francis Xavier Coloane

St Francis Xavier Coloane is a small chapel built in 1928 following the baroque style of Macau’s major churches. Portuguese color schemes of cream and white serves as background for classical oval windows and a small bell tower.

The spacious plaza in front of the church have arcaded restaurants and on one side is the monument commemorating the local victory over pirates in 1910.

The chapel used to hold some sacred relics of Catholic Asia, including a bone from the arm of St Francis Xavier, who followed his missionary successes in Japan by coming to the China coast, where he died in 1552 on Sanchuan Island, 50 miles from Macau.

The relic was destined for Japan but religious persecution there persuaded the church to keep it in Macau’s St. Paul’s. Severe persecution of Christians in Japan led to 26 foreign and Japanese Catholic priests being crucified in Nagasaki in 1597 and many hundreds of Christian Japanese being killed during the 1637 Shimabara Rebellion.

The bones of the Martyrs and some of the rebels were eventually kept in the , the pioneer missionary of Japan. A few years ago these relics were recently moved to the Seminary of St. Joseph and to the Sacred Art Museum.

Today the is actively used as the Parish Church of the island and continues to attract pilgrims especially Japanese Christians.

About St Francis Xavier

Xavier was born Francisco de Jaso y Azpilcueta in the Castle of Xavier (modern Spanish Javier, Basque Xabier) near Sangüesa and Pamplona, in Navarre, Spain. He sprang from an aristocratic Basque family of Navarre. In 1512, Castile invaded Navarre. Many fortresses were devastated, including the family castle, and land was confiscated. Francis’ father died in 1515.

At the age of 19, Francis Xavier went to study at the University of Paris, where he received a licence ès arts in 1530. He furthered his studies there in theology, and became acquainted with Ignatius Loyola. Along with Ignatius, Pierre Favre and four others, Xavier was one of those who on August 15, 1534 bound themselves by a vow at Montmartre and formed the Society of Jesus.

Francis Xavier devoted much of his life to missions to remote countries. As King John III of Portugal desired Jesuit missionaries for the Portuguese East Indies, he was ordered there in 1540. He left Lisbon on April 7, 1541, together with two other Jesuits and the new viceroy Martin de Sousa, on board the Santiago. From August of that year until March 1542, he remained in Mozambique, and reached Goa, India, the capital of the then Portuguese colonies, on May 6. His official role in Goa was Apostolic Nuncio. He spent the following three years operating out of Goa.

On September 20, 1542, he left for his first missionary activity among the Paravas, pearl-fishers along the east coast of southern India, north of Cape Comorin. He then exerted himself to convert the king of Travancore to Christianity, on the west coast, and also visited Ceylon. Dissatisfied with the results of his activity, he turned eastward in 1545, and planned a missionary journey to Macassar, on the island of Celebes, in today’s Indonesia.

After arriving in Malacca in October of that year and waiting there three months in vain for a ship to Macassar, he gave up the goal of his voyage. He left Malacca on January 1, 1546 and landed on Amboyna, where he stayed until mid-June. He then visited other Molucca Islands, including Ternate and More. Shortly after Easter 1546, he returned to Ambon Island, and then Malacca.

In December 1547, in Malacca, Francis Xavier met a Japanese nobleman from Kagoshima called Anjiro. Anjiro had heard from Francis in 1545 and had travelled from Kagoshima to Malacca with the purpose of meeting him. Following their conversations, Xavier decided to travel to Japan.

He returned to India in January 1548. The next fifteen months were occupied with various journeys and administrative measures in India. Then due to displeasure at the unchristian life and manners of the Portuguese, which impeded proselyting work, he went forth once again into the unknown Far East. He left Goa on April 15, 1549, stopped at Malacca, and visited Canton. He was accompanied by Anjiro, two other Japanese men, the father Cosme de Torrès and Brother Juan Fernandez. He had taken with him presents for the “King of Japan”, since he was intending to introduce himself as the Apostolic Nuncio.

Xavier reached Japan on August 15, 1549. He landed at Kagoshima, the principal port of the province of Satsuma, on the island of Kyushu. He was received in a friendly manner and was the host of Ajiro’s family until October 1550. From October to December 1550, he resided in Yamaguchi. Shortly before Christmas, he left for Kyoto, but failed at meeting with the Emperor. He returned to Yamaguchi in March 1551. There he was permitted to preach by the daimyo, but not knowing the Japanese language he had to limit himself to reading aloud the translation of a catechism.

Ultimately his sojourn was fruitful, as attested by congregations established in Hirado, Yamaguchi, and Bungo. Xavier worked for more than two years in Japan and saw his successor-Jesuits established. He then decided to return to India. During his trip, a tempest forced him to stop on an island near Guangzhou, China. There he saw the rich merchant Diégo Pereira, an old friend from Cochin, who showed him a letter of Portuguese being held prisoners in Guangzhou asking for a Portuguese ambassador to talk to the Chinese Emperor in their favor. Later, he stopped at Malacca on December 27, 1551 and was back in Goa by January, 1552.

On April 17 he was again under way, together with Diégo Pereira, leaving Goa on board of the Santa Cruz and aiming for China. He introduced himself as Apostolic Nuncio, and Pereira as ambassador of the King of Portugal. Shortly thereafter, he realized that he had forgotten his testimonial letters as an Apostolic Nuncio. Back in Malacca, he was confronted by the capitan Alvaro de Ataide de Gama, who now had total control over the harbor. The capitan refused to recognize his title of Nuncio, asked Pereira to resign from his title of ambassador, named a new crew for the ship, and demanded that the gifts for the Emperor be left in Malacca.

In early September 1552, the Santa Cruz reached the Chinese island of Shangchuan, 10 km away from the southern coast of mainland China, near Taishan, Guangdong, 200 km south-west of what later became Hong Kong. At this time, he was only accompanied by a Jesuit student, Alvaro Ferreira, a Chinese man called Antonio, and a Malabar servant called Christopher.

Around mid-November he sent a letter saying that a man had agreed to take him to the mainland in exchange for a large sum of money. Having sent back Alvaro Ferreira, he remained alone with Antonio. On November 21, he fainted after celebrating a mass.

Xavier died on the island on December 2, 1552, at age 46, without having reached mainland China. He was first buried on Shangchuan Dao’s beach. His intact body was taken from the island in February 1553. It was temporarily buried in St. Paul’s church in Malacca on March 22, 1553. An open grave in the church now marks the place of Xavier’s burial. Pereira came back from Goa, removed the corpse shortly after April 15, 1553, and moved it to his house.

On December 11, 1553, Xavier’s body was shipped to Goa. The body, having resisted extensive decay, is now in the Basilica of Bom Jésus in Goa, where it was placed into a silver casket on December 2, 1637. The silver casket is lowered for public viewing only during the public exposition, which most recently took place in 1994. There is a debate as to how the body could have remained incorrupt for so long. Some say that Francis Xavier was mummified, while others argue that the incorruptible body is evidence of a miracle.