[ENG-SPN] The Romanesque Frankenstein of Ayllón / El Frankenstein Románico de Ayllón

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Before continuing our journey and leaving behind the monumental town of Ayllón, we approached the Church of Santa María la Mayor, whose sight, to our surprise, brought to mind that fantastic night on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, when the libertine Lord Byron, accompanied by his inseparable friends, celebrated the birth of a female figure, Mary Shelley, who astonished the world with one of the greatest myths in the history of horror literature: ‘Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus’.

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Based on that chilling story, we can say, even if we resort to the odious device of comparison, that the Church of Santa María la Mayor in Ayllón is a modern Prometheus, a patched-up Baroque Frankenstein, which, it is assumed, stands on the site of an earlier church, possibly Romanesque or perhaps the main Jewish synagogue of the city, also occupying part of the site where the Church of San Millán once stood.

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In fact—and this is why the comparison is drawn with Mary Shelley's awe-inspiring character—reused as filler between the solid walls of its nave, we can find an interesting and fragmented part of that original calendar, that well-planned, Romanesque narrative that spread throughout the West during the Middle Ages in a way similar to how social media does today. Here we can find allusions to one of its most characteristic symbols, the Chi-Rho monogram. In this case, the presence of one of the angels that seemed to be holding it, in the Jaca style, is still visible, as well as other sculptural elements that, displaced from their original location, have lost the power of their former significance.

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Antes de continuar viaje y dejar atrás la monumental villa de Ayllón, nos acercamos hasta la iglesia de Santa María la Mayor, cuya visión, para sorpresa nuestra, nos trae a la memoria aquella fantástica noche a las orillas del lago Leman, en Suiza, en la que el libertino Lord Byron, acompañado de sus inseparables amigos, encumbraron una figura femenina, la de Mary Shelley, que sorprendió al mundo con uno de los mitos más grandes de la Literatura de Terror de todos los tiempos: ‘Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo’.

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Basándonos en esa sobrecogedora historia, podemos decir, siquiera sea acogiéndonos al odioso recurso de las comparaciones, que la iglesia de Santa María la Mayor de Ayllón, es un moderno Prometeo, un remendado Frankenstein barroco, que, se supone, se levanta donde hubo otra anterior, posiblemente románica o quizás la principal sinagoga judía de la ciudad, ocupando, además, parte del solar donde se levantaba la también iglesia de San Millán.

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De hecho y he aquí el por qué de la comparación con el sobrecogedor personaje de Mary Shelley, reutilizados como relleno entre los sólidos muros de su nave, podemos encontrar una interesante y fragmentada parte de ese mensario original, de ese relato románico y bien planificado, que se extendió en época medieval por Occidente de manera similar a como lo hacen hoy en día las Redes Sociales, donde podemos encontrar alusiones a uno de los símbolos más característicos, como es el Crismón, en este caso todavía visible la presencia de uno de los ángeles que parecían sostenerlo, al modo jaqués, así como otros elementos esculturales, que, desplazados de su lugar original, han perdido el poder de su antigua relevancia.

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AVISO: Tanto el texto, como las fotografías que lo acompañan, son de mi exclusiva propiedad intelectual y por lo tanto, están sujetos a mis Derechos de Autor.

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Wow! It perfectly evokes the way history, art and architecture collide in one place.

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They are a cultural heritage, whose stories and archetypes were relevant for centuries and from which we can still learn a great deal. Regards

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Very true.😊 These cultural treasures keep the stories of the past alive, and they still have much to teach us today.

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