Centaur, a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse. Amid medieval marble sculpture in Pisan Romanesque style added to the west front of the Chiesa di San Michele in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, between the 1000s and 1300s.
Lucca, Tuscany, Italy: a centaur using both of its human hands to tug at its long hair, is carved on the architrave of the central portal in the west front of the church the Chiesa di San Michele in Piazza San Michele. Amid the exuberant medieval sculpture enriching the facade added in the Pisan Romanesque style between the 11th and 14th centuries.
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Location: Chiesa di San Michele, Piazza San Michele, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
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