{"id":8479,"date":"2026-02-01T11:56:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alvarelloseditora.gal\/book\/gargolas-de-compostela-compostela-gargoyles\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:33:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:33:52","slug":"gargolas-de-compostela-compostela-gargoyles","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/alvarelloseditora.gal\/en\/book\/gargolas-de-compostela-compostela-gargoyles\/","title":{"rendered":"G\u00e1rgolas de Compostela | Compostela Gargoyles [2\u00aa edi actualizada]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alvarelloseditora.gal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Np-G-Gargolas.pdf\">Np-G-G\u00e1rgolas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alvarelloseditora.gal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Np-ESP-Gargolas.pdf\">Np-ESP-G\u00e1rgolas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Son \u201ccaprichos de canteiro\u201d. As\u00ed as define o autor desta gu\u00eda pioneira, o xornalista Benxam\u00edn V\u00e1zquez.<em> G\u00e1rgolas de Compostela-Compostela Gargoyles<\/em> (Alvarellos Editora-Consorcio de Santiago, 2022) \u00e9 a primeira gu\u00eda de g\u00e1rgolas desta cidade, quizais o lugar de Europa con maior concentraci\u00f3n destas m\u00e1scaras de pedra medievais e renacentistas, m\u00e1is de 300, esculpidas nos altos dos edificios hist\u00f3ricos na s\u00faa zona monumental.<\/p>\n<p>Benxam\u00edn V\u00e1zquez identifica e explica (cando \u00e9 posible) 30 das g\u00e1rgolas m\u00e1is singulares de Compostela, nunha viaxe visual acompa\u00f1ada por m\u00e1is de cen magn\u00edficas fotograf\u00edas de Xaime Cortizo, e un plano de localizaci\u00f3n de todas elas.<\/p>\n<p>Realizadas por canteiros an\u00f3nimos, a s\u00faa funci\u00f3n principal era a de servir de desaugue da chuvia dos tellados. O feito de ocupar o espazo m\u00e1is afastado da r\u00faa deu liberdade total aos seus creadores, sen censuras, para tallar nelas todo tipo de animais fabulosos, antropoides sat\u00edricos, monstros mitol\u00f3xicos, anxos humanizados&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Esta gu\u00eda, publicada en tres idiomas (galego, castel\u00e1n e con traduci\u00f3n ao ingl\u00e9s a cargo de Mark Hughs), explica e retrata cada unha desas 30 g\u00e1rgolas, das m\u00e1is singulares e sedutoras da cidade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElas vennos a n\u00f3s; en cambio n\u00f3s, \u00e1s veces, dificilmente podemos velas a elas, ou reparar nelas\u201d, afirma Benxam\u00edn V\u00e1zquez, todo un estudoso, dende hai m\u00e1is de 30 anos, destas m\u00e1scaras en pedra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[video width=\"976\" height=\"720\" mp4=\"https:\/\/alvarelloseditora.gal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Gargolas-2a-edi-Alvarellos-ed-2026.mp4\"][\/video]<br \/>\nBenxam\u00edn V\u00e1zquez<br \/>\nFotograf\u00edas de Xaime Cortizo<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>146 pp. Formato 12 x 22 cms<br \/>\nISBN 978-84-18567-31-5<br \/>\nImpreso en papel FSC<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Santiago de Compostela \u00e9 quizais a cidade europea con maior densidade de g\u00e1rgolas, esas m\u00e1scaras p\u00e9treas \u2014enigm\u00e1ticas, divertidas, transgresoras\u2014 que nos contemplan desde o alto a partir da Idade Media. Hai m\u00e1is de 300, e nesta pioneira gu\u00eda triling\u00fce (galego, castel\u00e1n e ingl\u00e9s) selecci\u00f3nanse 30 das m\u00e1is singulares, nunha ollada nova e moi sorprendente desta capital.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Santiago de Compostela es quiz\u00e1s la ciudad europea con mayor densidad de g\u00e1rgolas, esas m\u00e1scaras de piedra \u2013enigm\u00e1ticas, divertidas, transgresoras\u2013 que nos contemplan desde lo alto a partir de la Edad Media. Hay m\u00e1s de 300, y en esta gu\u00eda seleccionamos 30 de las m\u00e1s singulares, en una nueva y muy sorprendente visi\u00f3n de esta capital.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Santiago de Compostela is perhaps the European city with the highest density of gargoyles, those stone figures \u2013enigmatic, amusing, transgressive\u2013 that have peered down on us since the Middle Age. There are more than 300, and in this guide we select 30 of the most unique, offering a new and quite surprising vision of this capital.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1040],"product_tag":[1870],"class_list":{"0":"post-8479","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_author-benxamin-vazquez-en","7":"product_author-xaime-cortizo-en","8":"product_cat-illustrated-travelphotographyplastic-arts","9":"product_tag-santiago-de-compostela-e-o-camino-en","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"taxable","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>G\u00e1rgolas de Compostela | Compostela Gargoyles [2\u00aa edi actualizada] - Alvarellos Editora<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"G\u00e1rgolas de Compostela | Compostela Gargoyles [2\u00aa edi actualizada]. 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