HainanWel.com(e)! » 13 июл 2014, 13:48
Tourists traveling to Salamanca astronaut see on the wall of the old cathedral
Part of human nature inexplicable and mysterious quest. And even when the explanation of the mysterious phenomenon has already been found, there are people who continue to believe in the "miraculous" nature of the phenomenon.
A classic example is an ancient puzzle Cathedral in the provincial center of Salamanca is located in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon in 1985 and included in the UNESCO heritage list. Temple complex itself (one of two in the city) is composed of two cathedrals - the old (Catedral Vieja, XII century) and new, late-Gothic - Catedral Nueva de la Asunción de la Virgen (New Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin), which had been built in the XVI and XVIII centuries.
But not all tourists arriving here beckoning beauty of an ancient temple. Many on arrival immediately rush to the northern entrance of the new cathedral, where agencies have "doors Ramos» (Puerta de Ramos), directly opposite the Palace of Anaya, hovering at high altitude in the "weightless" ... modern astronaut in full "battle" outfit - spacesuit with breathing hose, helmet, instrument box on the chest and boots with ribbed soles. This figure even received unofficial name - the "Holy astronaut."
Where did this astronaut on the wall of the old cathedral? The explanation is simple enough: in 1992 during the restoration of dilapidated doors from time to time one of the restorers Ramos, named Miguel Romero, showed creativity, decorate the walls of such a figure. Further versions differ: someone thinks that restorer thus decided to play a trick. Other - more pragmatic explanation: Romero, making a modern element to the facade of the ancient temple, wanted to perpetuate a similar way for a landmark event of the twentieth century - the conquest of space by man. But who exactly figure shows, there are many versions. As Stone character appear: first cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, a Russian, the first American astronaut John Glenn, the first American to walk in space, Edward White, the first to set foot on the moon American astronaut Neil Armstrong, etc.
Nevertheless, many people tend to believe that the figure of the astronaut was originally here, and, therefore, has a mysterious, going beyond conventional logic origin. They say that the joke restorers in this case is excluded for various reasons. First, the image recorded by the astronaut on the XIX century engravings. Secondly, the ancient manuscripts of Salamanca supposedly have information about meetings with monks beings from other worlds. Third, restoration always goes by the canons adopted in the Middle Ages, and in the case of an object that is UNESCO heritage, and does require additional expertise, approvals and permits. They also say that the astronaut and not at all, but a kind of hellish brood, whom many "lives" on the walls, facades and column capitals old European churches.
In the proof of the "wonderful" version of the origin astronaut provides a number of other similar finds. For example, images of astronauts on Japanese netsuke, model airplane of the Egyptian tombs, the Inca gold "airplanes", the image of Darth Vader on the National Cathedral in Washington, as well as the image of a man with a laptop and mobile phone on a mosaic of metro station "Kiev Ring" in Moscow built back in 1954.
I must say that on the wall of the cathedral in Salamanca, there are other, less well-known but no less interesting figure. For example, the figure of a smiling dragon with three scoops of ice cream. Or boy with no childish developed manhood.
Guides and tour guides are in no hurry to persuade fans of "miraculous" appearance version astronaut on the wall of the ancient temple. After all, most importantly, intrigued tourists come here, adding to the local treasury.