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Semana Santa en Sevilla. En la fotografía, el momento esperado de la imagen anterior, la procesion del Santïsimo Cristo de la Salud (Hermandad de San Bernardo) procesionando por el Puente de los Bomberos.
Sobre su autoría, para ciertos entendidos y atendiendo a los escasos y diferentes estudios, esta obra podría haber salido de la gubia de José de Arce en el año 1669.
Tallada en madera de cedro policromada, que mide un metro setenta, y cinco centimetros, representando a Cristo muerto crucificado momentos después de la expiración.
Esta es una talla esbelta, nítidamente barroca, perfectamente armonizada, aunque de fuertes miembros proporcionados. Su aspecto dramático se identifica por el movimiento de laxitud del cuerpo sin vida, que cae de manera sobrecogedora de los clavos que lo sujetan a la Cruz, como se puede observar por la tensión de sus brazos y su posición colgante y encorvada. Sin embargo, muestra un rostro dulcificado que produce un extraordinario impacto devocional y que siempre llama a su contemplación. Dicho por los expertos, esta escultura es de los mejores que se han tallado en la ciudad.
El momento de la fotografía es procesionando sobre el Puente de San Bernardo, o también llamado Puente de los Bomberos (Ver foto anterior). Durante este tramo de recorrido se apaga toda la iluminación urbana y el Cristo se ilumina puntualmente con un foco instalado sobre una enorme grua del Parque de Bomberos (junto al puente) Esto y el silencio de la multitud, solo roto por el caminar de los costaleros bajo la canasta del Cristo, hacen de estos momentos algo único y con una fuerte carga de emoción y sentimientos, por lo menos para los sevillanos.
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Holy Week in Seville. In the photograph, the expected moment of the previous image, the procession of the Santïsimo Cristo de la Salud (Brotherhood of San Bernardo) processioning by the Firefighters bridge.
Regarding its authorship, for certain experts and taking into account the few and different studies, this work could have come from the gouge of José de Arce in the year 1669.
Carved in polychrome cedar wood, measuring one meter seventy and five centimeters, representing the dead Christ crucified moments after expiration. This is a slender carving, clearly baroque, perfectly harmonized, although with strong proportioned limbs. Its dramatic appearance is identified by the lax movement of the lifeless body, which falls in an overwhelming way from the nails that hold it to the Cross, as can be seen by the tension of its arms and its hanging and hunched position. However, he shows a sweetened face that produces an extraordinary devotional impact and that always calls for contemplation of him. Said by experts, this sculpture is one of the best that has been carved in the city.
The moment of the photograph is procession over the San Bernardo Bridge, or also called the Firefighters Bridge (See previous photo). During this section of the route, all the urban lighting is turned off and the Christ is illuminated punctually with a spotlight installed on a huge crane in the Fire Station (next to the bridge). This and the silence of the crowd, only broken by the walking of the costaleros under the basket of Christ, make these moments something unique and with a strong charge of emotion and feelings, at least for the Sevillians.
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St Andrew's is a beautiful 14th-century church with a wealth of historical features. The church is in the centre of Aldborough, North Yorkshire, and a short stroll from the remains of Aldborough Roman Fort.
The present church was built by 1330 to replace a Norman church destroyed by Scottish raiders. A chancel and west tower were added in the 15th century. The tower walls have Roman bricks embedded in them - another reminder of Aldborough's Roman heritage.
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Most of the window glass in St Andrew’s Church, Aldborough, dates to the Victorian era and the early 20th century. Historical highlights around the church include a beautifully carved 16th-century table, now used for displaying leaflets, and a pair of grave slabs to members of the Aldeburgh family, dated 1430 and 1475.
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Aldborough in North Yorkshire was once the prosperous Roman town of Isurium Brigantum, which began as a trading settlement around AD 70, and became the civilian ‘capital’ of an extensive region of north Britain from about AD 120 to about AD 400. Strategically founded on the Roman road network and the highest navigable point on the river Ure, the town was a vital point of communication, administration and trade in the Roman north.
This intricately designed mosaic formed part of an eye-catching reception room in a large house which also had a lion mosaic. Made with larger tiles, it is a little less refined and more typical of mosaics in Roman Britain.
The Roman site is now protected and open to the public thanks to English Heritage.
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