Walking down to the church. High above the seaThe front which faces the seaThe facade seems to be a stone wall held together with cement and then whitewashed. The whole town uses this technique. The alterThe alter, that’s San Andre in the center. Said to be a martyr but unfortunately they didn’t give any gruesome details. From the altar facing the back. Due to Charlie’s Catholic boyhood, Wynette now knows that the images on the right and left are the stations of the cross. One of two confessionals and the steps to the choir loft.
To us this seemed similar to churches in New Mexico. It is from the 16th century so the timing is right.
The area in front of the church. On the left are the steps down to the crypt.
One thought on “Teixido 1: the santuario”
Santo André is St Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. If you look carefully at the altar, to the right of St. Andrew is a cross in the shape of an X. He was crucified on an X-shaped cross, and this is St. Andrew’s symbol — if you look at paintings and sculptures of St. Andrew he is usually depicted as being crucified, or, like this altar, with the X-shaped cross nearby. (Google St. Andrew by Mattia Preti to see an example.)
The Scottish flag, called the Scottish saltire, is light blue with a cross of St. Andrew in white.
Santo André is St Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. If you look carefully at the altar, to the right of St. Andrew is a cross in the shape of an X. He was crucified on an X-shaped cross, and this is St. Andrew’s symbol — if you look at paintings and sculptures of St. Andrew he is usually depicted as being crucified, or, like this altar, with the X-shaped cross nearby. (Google St. Andrew by Mattia Preti to see an example.)
The Scottish flag, called the Scottish saltire, is light blue with a cross of St. Andrew in white.