Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
According to tradition it preserves the sepulcher of the Apostle Santiago, being a temple one of the main destinations of pilgrimage of Europe during the Middle Ages, privilege granted in 1122 by Pope Calixto II
According to tradition it preserves the sepulcher of the Apostle Santiago, being a temple one of the main destinations of pilgrimage of Europe during the Middle Ages, privilege granted in 1122 by Pope Calixto II
Medieval Full Contact or Medieval Combat is a contact and fight sport, with an strong historic trace. This discipline has its origins in Eastern Europe and progressively has been extended to the rest of the world. Participants use edgless weapons ans medieval armours and clothes, all of them are approved replicas.
It has nothing to do with a recreation or a fake show, an idea that we could get at first sight, because it was a fierce fight incredibly demanding and exhausting for their participants.
The action takes place in a space of 800 square meters and its main goal is make our opponent falling into the ground. The one who remains standing will be the winner. In order to achieve that, a huge range of combat techniques are employed, being the most common and simple to hit the rivals as hard as possible.
Armours used in this kind of combats must be exactly the same as the originals, the historical ones. Weapons should also coincide in time and place with the armours.
It has nothing to do with a recreation or a fake show, an idea that we could get at first sight, because it was a fierce fight incredibly demanding and exhausting for their participants.
The action takes place in a space of 800 square meters and its main goal is make our opponent falling into the ground. The one who remains standing will be the winner. In order to achieve that, a huge range of combat techniques are employed, being the most common and simple to hit the rivals as hard as possible.
Armours used in this kind of combats must be exactly the same as the originals, the historical ones. Weapons should also coincide in time and place with the armours.
Celtic crosses, County Louth, Ireland,
Rising some twenty-one feet (6,4m), the tallest high cross in Ireland can be found, along with a couple of others, at Monasterboice, County Louth.
The place name derives from Mainistir Bhuithe meaning ‘Monastery of Buithe’: the latter was an early Christian saint said to have founded a religious settlement here in the late 5th century.
Three high crosses survive here, this one which dates from the 9th century, standing closest to the round tower. Panels on one side feature, among others scenes of the Sacrifice of Isaac, Daniel in the Lion’s Denand David with the head of Goliath. The opposite side is devoted to scenes from the Life of Christ, such as his baptism, the Kiss of Judas, his arrest and crucifixion.
Rising some twenty-one feet (6,4m), the tallest high cross in Ireland can be found, along with a couple of others, at Monasterboice, County Louth.
The place name derives from Mainistir Bhuithe meaning ‘Monastery of Buithe’: the latter was an early Christian saint said to have founded a religious settlement here in the late 5th century.
Three high crosses survive here, this one which dates from the 9th century, standing closest to the round tower. Panels on one side feature, among others scenes of the Sacrifice of Isaac, Daniel in the Lion’s Denand David with the head of Goliath. The opposite side is devoted to scenes from the Life of Christ, such as his baptism, the Kiss of Judas, his arrest and crucifixion.