Prisoner in shackles, knees buckling under the weight of his heavy burden. Medieval Romanesque stone caryatid, helping to support the tympanum over the west portal of the Église Sainte-Marie in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

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Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France: Romanesque medieval stone caryatid helping to hold up the weighty Romanesque tympanum over the west portal of Oloron’s former cathedral, now the Église Sainte-Marie (Church of St. Mary). The captive is one of a pair of carved caryatids: two shackled prisoners, chained together at the waist. They survived a devastating fire in the late 11th century.

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Size: 2832px × 4256px
Location: Église Sainte-Marie, Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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