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mandorla
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Saint Guirec
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Perros-Guirec - Saint-Jacques

Perros-Guirec - Saint-Jacques
The first church ever built here, was near the sea, where Saint Guirec, a missionary from Wales, went ashore in the 6th century. The parish church seen here was erected little inland, on a hill ("Perros" - "Pen-roz") and was dedicated to Saint Guirec.
Within the 11th century, the first pilgrims on their way to Santiago passed through and so Saint-Jaques was added.

Of the Romanesque church the nave and the southern walls still exist. Here is the southern portal. The tympanum depicts a "Majestas Domini". Christ seated on a throne as ruler of the world. He is surrounded by a mandorla and flanked by a lion (= Mark) and an eagle (= John).

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