Relief, Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France
Bas-relief of the Descent into Hell, c. 1540, in the Cathedrale Saint-Andre de Bordeaux, or Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The scene combines christian and pagan interpretations - above is the mythological hell with Pluto, Proserpina and Cerberus, and below, Christ enters hell to save humanity and offers his hand to Adam. The reliefs were originally part of the rood screen and are now on the cathedral wall. The cathedral is listed as a national monument and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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