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The Astronaut of Salamanca
What the what? Astronaut carved into a facade of a church? How is the possible? Why – How – What? Turns out that it has been added by an artist during restorations in 1992 as a symbol of the 20th century.
We made it now to Oviedo which is our first location we chose for our new travel project For 91 Days and on the way we stopped for 12 hours in Salamanca. Which was well worth it. But you will see yourself in the upcoming posts.
One more thing – Oviedo is very much different compared to Valencia – it’s sooo green and the temperate drop was very shocking. But one thing is certain, I will love the next 91 days in Oviedo.
Some more pictures of the facade and the exact location of the astronaut:
(see the purple circle? That’s where the space dude hangs out)
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Aug 2, 201010:33 pm
Novanglus – emm?! Please reread the last sentence of the first paragraph!!! Dada …. it’s exactly what I said.
Pwnd!
Aug 3, 20104:06 pm
That’s not an astronaut.
He’s carrying a Sickle. Therefore he is more likely to be a Cosmonaut.
Aug 3, 20104:07 pm
glkE Thank you for the comment – shoot now I got Pwnd! 
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9:41 pm
From Wikipedia via Hoax Slayer;
“The astronaut, along with other contemporary symbols was added in 1992 during restoration work on the “new” cathedral. The person responsible for the restoration, Jeronimo Garcia, reportedly chose an astronaut as a fitting symbol of the twentieth century. According to an article about the restoration (in Portuguese – Click here for Google translation to English), it is a tradition of cathedral builders and restorers to include a contemporary symbol on the building as a means of “signing” their work.
Do your research before trying to create a false stir will ya?