Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: anus

Vence was known in Roman times as "Vintium". It was the seat of a bishop as early as 419. Parts of the cathedral date back to early Merovingian times. The first church, built over the foundation of a Roman temple, was probably destroyed by the Lombards. It was rebuilt, damaged, destroyed many times over the century - and by now is a mixture of different styles from Carolingian to late baroque. The stalls were once used by the Canons of the cathedral. Jaques Bellot from Grasse carved them around 1460. Strange that the prudish vandal who seemed the be strongly offended by a nude mermaid (see previous upload), let this carving untouched.

The single nave church was erected within the 12th century. The church got damaged during the Wars of Religions, when the bell tower, that stood above the choir, was completely destroyed. The facade has some extraordinary carvings. There are 23 roughly carved horse's heads. There are complex capitals - and above - a row of very fanciful corbels. I will uploud a few photos. An exhibitionist displaying his anus. Is this the "moon"? If this is an early kind of "mooning", he would express disrespect. At least two incidents are known from medieval times. - In 1204 during the siege of Constantinople the Greeks exposed their bare buttocks to the Crusaders after they repulsed them from the walls. - In 1346 during the Battle of Crécy Norman soldiers "exposed their backsides to the English archers and many of them paid a high price for doing so".