Jaca - Catedral de San Pedro

The Jaca Cathedral is one of the oldest of the Iberian peninsula, dating back to the 1070s. The building, that was altered many times later, was commissioned by King Sancho Ramírez, who established an episcopal seat in Jaca, then the capital of the Kingdom of Aragon.

The Romanesque cathedral was completed around 1130. In 1395 a blaze destroyed large parts of the cathedral. The ceiling had to be reconstructed in the following decades and got renovated in the 16th century, when the aisles were added and the nave got enlarged.

The cloister, adjoining the cathedral hosts the "Museo Diocesano de Jaca".

Here is the museum´s website:
www.diocesisdejaca.org/index.php/museo-diocesano-de-jaca

This is one of the capitals between cloister and chapter house (see previous upload). The capital is masterly carved in a smooth and elegant style, reminding me on carvings I saw in Toulouse (St. Sernin). In the center of the capital are two gentlemen, clad in togas, obviously communicating. The left one holds this snake by it´s tail. Where is the snake´s head? It looks so "en passant", but people did not play with snakes, like some do in the US. Any idea?

www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/snake-hand...