Comments on: Gargoyles: From Gothic Garglers to Grotesque Guardians http://weburbanist.com/2009/11/15/gargoyles-from-gothic-garglers-to-grotesque-guardians/ Urban Culture, Alternative Art and Wonders of the World Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:05:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: char http://weburbanist.com/2009/11/15/gargoyles-from-gothic-garglers-to-grotesque-guardians/comment-page-1/#comment-158707 char Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:31:58 +0000 http://weburbanist.com/?p=15414#comment-158707 "Some say that these types of gargoyles were “aimed” at competing buildings or in the case of the German one, a government office across the street." The mooning gargoyle in Freiburg, Germany is not aimed at a government building. It is aimed at the archbishop's residence, supposedly because the church didn't give money to build the cathedral(it was financed by the citizens). “Some say that these types of gargoyles were “aimed” at competing buildings or in the case of the German one, a government office across the street.”

The mooning gargoyle in Freiburg, Germany is not aimed at a government building. It is aimed at the archbishop’s residence, supposedly because the church didn’t give money to build the cathedral(it was financed by the citizens).

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