Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Saint-Jaques

Soon after the village was founded 1090 a small, humble single-nave church has been erected right here. Though, this was a small church, it has this large, elaborated portal. The quarries, where the reddish marble was cut, are very close to Villefranche and the workshops working there for Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa or the priory of Serrabone may have offered their masterly work for a "special price" to the local church. The masterly carvings seem like model-carvings for the pious investors of they abbeys and priories, placing orders to the artists. Here is the head of an ape, who has "relatives" all over the Roussilon.

Soon after the village was founded 1090 a small, humble single-nave church has been erected right here. Though, this was a small church, it has this large, elaborated portal. The quarries, where the reddish marble was cut, are very close to Villefranche and the workshops working there for Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa or the priory of Serrabone may have offered their masterly work for a "special price" to the local church. Having a closer look to the right side of the portal. Again the masterly carvings seem like model-carvings for the pious investors of they abbeys and priories, placing orders to the artists. Please not the very left animal. I am very sure, this is not a lion, but an ape.