Noailhac - Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens

"Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens" ("Saint Peter in Chains") is the parish church of Noailhac. The erection of the church started in the 12th century and was probably completed soon after.

The church got partly destroyed during the Hundred Years War, so the nave was rebuilt later in a simple Gothic style, that again suffered damage during the French Revolution.

Large parts of choir of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens is still Romanesque - and there are some extraordinary capitals.

Here is one of them, depicting japanese Sumo wrestler. Sumo has it´s roots in Shinto ceremonies and is known in Japan since the 7th or 8th century. German doctor Engelbert Kaempfer, born 1651, was one of the first who was able to travel in Japan. He died in 1716 in Lemgo, where he was born. His manuscript "The History of Japan" was published in London in 1727.

How could a mason within the 12th century in a rural area like the Corrèze have any knowledge about a Shinto ceremony, described in Europe centuries later? Did the Einstein–Rosen bridge offer this spectacular view?