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Hi everybody.....again.....
This weekend seems to be a great weekend to build some lego castles, so here
it's another MOC I'm very proud of it....
The Santiago's Gate is based on a real Gate that allow access to the old
village of Trujillo, located in Cáceres - Spain.
It's flanked by two impressive towers. At right side we have the belfry of
Santiago's church. At left we have the defensive tower of the fortress of Chaves
family.
In middle ages when a noble family shows his valour and courage in battle, or
his loyality to the king, he wins some honors or privilege. One of the most
highs of these privileges was the 'honor' of defend the gate of the village from
intruders. This is the case of Chaves family....
From the year of 711 to 1492 AC, the Spanish Christians were involved in a
'particular' crusader over the Moors called 'La Reconquista'..... For more than
700 years they battle over the Moors and sometimes over themselves to win the
'control' of all Spain and overseas.
Trujillo was taken by Moors. It's an impregnable fortified bastion. This added
to the great courage and military knowledge of the Moors 'meens' that the
Christians had very difficult to re-taken the village..... It's told that then
the image of Santiago (patron saint of Spanish Christians) appears upon the
gate.... This help the Christians to cheer up and lead them to the victory....
Since then, the cross of Santiago is put on the Gate. The Chaves family wins the
honor of defend the Gate, and a church is build in memory of Santiago.... who
'helps' to reconquer the city.
Here it's my MOC of Santiago's Gate..... It has several adaptations to the
minifig scale and to the CCC standard, but I'm still very proud of it.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=58853
Enjoy it..... (this time I'm sure you will ;-)
juan
PD: I'm working on some interiors, but at the moment there is nothing
completed (as always, sugestions, comments and ideas are welcome)
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In lugnet.castle, Juan Cuello wrote:
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> Hi everybody.....again.....
> This weekend seems to be a great weekend to build some lego castles, so here
> it's another MOC I'm very proud of it....
You should be--that is FANTASTIC! I love the depth to the detail--layering of
arches and so forth. I've found myself that I do a lot more of that when
working from a real-world prototype... I need to do more of that to develop my
own skill.
I also really like the battlements--how the... (can't find the website of
medieval architecture terms... merlons?) come to a point like that.
If I were going to change one thing, I'd put at least one door on the side of
the second floor where it meets up with a CCC wall (here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=540020 ). Might not be
prototypical, and it would have to be a really narrow door, but it would make
sense.
Great work!
Peter
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In lugnet.castle, Juan Cuello wrote:
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> Hi everybody.....again.....
> This weekend seems to be a great weekend to build some lego castles, so here
> it's another MOC I'm very proud of it....
I'm with Peter! There is a LOT to like, packed into that one small package.
I think my very favorite things are the many different rooflines and peaks, and
the fact that you've put a half timbered third story on top of masonry. That
mixture is really spiffy.
Oh, and the multilayered arches, those are cool too.
Thanks for sharing. Spotlighted.
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Hi Juan,
This gate is excellent. The small architectural details such as the arches and
timber frame sections are nice. It definitely has a medieval Spanish feel to
it.
Ben
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Juan,
This is great! It has real depth, with the recessed arches and the way that
some of the wall sections are inset, etc. Do you have a photo of the real-life
gate?
Bruce
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Hietbrink wrote:
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Juan,
This is great! It has real depth, with the recessed arches and the way that
some of the wall sections are inset, etc. Do you have a photo of the
real-life gate?
Bruce
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Sure.....
I spend part of my holydays in Trujillo this year..... I fire about 100 photos
all over Trujillo. The Santiago’s Gate was one of my favorites corners of the
village.... It’s an awesome village.... one of the best I visit here in Spain.
This is the outer side of the gate
The inner side
And a detail of the belfry stairs
as you can see, several modifications were made.... scale, color, I ‘free’
introduce the timbered second floor of the Chaves tower, and the belfry was
changed by a lombard test.... (I’m plannig to build a romanic church located in
the Pyrenees with lombard style, and I test it here).
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Upps.... sorry with the links....
In lugnet.castle, Bruce Hietbrink wrote:
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Juan,
This is great! It has real depth, with the recessed arches and the way that
some of the wall sections are inset, etc. Do you have a photo of the
real-life gate?
Bruce
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Sure.....
I spend part of my holydays in Trujillo this year..... I fire about 100 photos
all over Trujillo. The Santiago’s Gate was one of my favorites corners of the
village.... It’s an awesome village.... one of the best I visit here in Spain.
This is the outer side of the gate
The inner side
And a detail of the belfry stairs
as you can see, several modifications were made.... scale, color, I ‘free’
introduce the timbered second floor of the Chaves tower, and the belfry was
changed by a lombard test.... (I’m plannig to build a romanic church located in
the Pyrenees with lombard style, and I test it here).
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Hola Juan!
This is again a very nice building, and I enjoy the story, too!
I like the set-wise style of your buildings, but also how you go beyond and
enhance the creations with such great details like the cages in front of the
windows and so on.
> Enjoy it..... (this time I'm sure you will ;-)
I did.
Bye
Jojo
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"Juan Cuello" <rasterman@telefonica.net> wrote in message
news:HMnvqu.1D2C@lugnet.com...
>
> Hi everybody.....again.....
> This weekend seems to be a great weekend to build some lego castles, • so here
> it's another MOC I'm very proud of it....
>
> The Santiago's Gate is based on a real Gate that allow access to the old
> village of Trujillo, located in Cáceres - Spain.
> It's flanked by two impressive towers. At right side we have the belfry • of
> Santiago's church. At left we have the defensive tower of the fortress of • Chaves
> family.
>
> In middle ages when a noble family shows his valour and courage in • battle, or
> his loyality to the king, he wins some honors or privilege. One of the • most
> highs of these privileges was the 'honor' of defend the gate of the • village from
> intruders. This is the case of Chaves family....
>
> From the year of 711 to 1492 AC, the Spanish Christians were involved in • a
> 'particular' crusader over the Moors called 'La Reconquista'..... For more • than
> 700 years they battle over the Moors and sometimes over themselves to win • the
> 'control' of all Spain and overseas.
>
> Trujillo was taken by Moors. It's an impregnable fortified bastion. This • added
> to the great courage and military knowledge of the Moors 'meens' that the
> Christians had very difficult to re-taken the village..... It's told that • then
> the image of Santiago (patron saint of Spanish Christians) appears upon • the
> gate.... This help the Christians to cheer up and lead them to the • victory....
> Since then, the cross of Santiago is put on the Gate. The Chaves family • wins the
> honor of defend the Gate, and a church is build in memory of Santiago.... • who
> 'helps' to reconquer the city.
>
> Here it's my MOC of Santiago's Gate..... It has several adaptations to • the
> minifig scale and to the CCC standard, but I'm still very proud of it.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=58853
>
> Enjoy it..... (this time I'm sure you will ;-)
>
>
> juan
>
>
> PD: I'm working on some interiors, but at the moment there is nothing
> completed (as always, sugestions, comments and ideas are welcome)
Juan .. I love it. Loads of attention to detail and the entire thing looks
well proportioned. I really like the setback wall pieces, makes the whole
thing look a lot more robust. I also like the barred window, very typical to
the spanish castles (I believe Exin Castillos windows all looked like this)
Really a very good looking moc. Thankyou for sharing
--
James Stacey
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www.minifig.co.uk
Lugnet Member #925
I'm a citizen of Legoland travellin' Incommunicado
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In lugnet.castle, Juan Cuello wrote:
> The Santiago's Gate is based on a real Gate that allow access to the old
> village of Trujillo, located in Cáceres - Spain.
Juan,
This is truly a beautiful MOC. I don't even know where to start. I love the
fact that it is so compact, but is still full of beautiful eye catching details.
If I can find the time, I may try to build something based on yours, just so I
can see how my interpretation looks.
I have to say, I even like your version better than the real life pictures that
you posted. I looked over your other folders in your brickshelf account, and I
see that you build a lot of really great stuff. Thanks for showing us aspiring
builders just what exactly we should be aspiring to.
-Andy Lynch
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In lugnet.castle, Juan Cuello wrote:
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From the year of 711 to 1492 AC, the Spanish Christians were involved in a
‘particular’ crusader over the Moors called ‘La Reconquista’..... For more
than 700 years they battle over the Moors and sometimes over themselves to win
the ‘control’ of all Spain and overseas.
Trujillo was taken by Moors. It’s an impregnable fortified bastion. This
added to the great courage and military knowledge of the Moors ‘meens’ that
the Christians had very difficult to re-taken the village..... It’s told that
then the image of Santiago (patron saint of Spanish Christians) appears upon
the gate.... This help the Christians to cheer up and lead them to the
victory....
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Hi Juan,
this is a great MOC and a perfect Timing: I just came home yesterday from my
pilgram’s way to Santiago de Compostella. The Image of Santiago (I think it’s
St.James in english) you described above that appeard from heaven shows him on
a white horse slaughtering the Moor. A sculpture of this appearance is shown in
the cathedral of Santiago de Compostella:
Santiago ‘helped’ not only to reconquer the city but all of Spain. His remains
are said to be buried in Santiago de Compostella. His grave is now the third
biggest destination of christian pilgrams just after Jerusalem and Rome. What
a surprise to find your fantastic model after 5 weeks of travelling on this
historic route. ->dö
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