Weekly Photo Challenge: Culture

April 26, 2013 by

From the Catedral Nueva in Salamanca, Spain, a whimsical contemporary update on the ancient craft of stone carving:

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This section features the famous astronaut and ice cream-eating monkey; you can view a better photo of the astronaut here, along with a good description (debunking) of its origins.

More at The Daily Post weekly photo challenge.

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Comments

  1. sustainabilitea says:
    April 26, 2013 at 11:46 pm

    Beautiful detail!!

    janet

  2. likeitiz says:
    April 27, 2013 at 4:16 pm

    Beautiful work! I do remember seeing this.

  3. vastlycurious.com says:
    April 27, 2013 at 10:29 pm

    Stone carving is so close to my heart! thanks for sharing!!!

  4. pjdonna says:
    April 28, 2013 at 8:59 am

    This is awesome just because it is so unexpected. I normally expected to see seraphs :P

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