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English: An enigmatic relief sculpture at the back of the Saint Pierre Cathedral in Geneva, Switzerland. It bears the nickname "the head of Apollon". Local legend has it that the cathedral was built upon the ruins of an ancient temple dedicated to the ancient Greek deity. Experts reason that it was a whim of the sculptor.
Français : À l'arrière de la cathédrale Saint-Pierre à Genève (sud-est), une figure sculptée qui fut baptisée « tête d'Apollon ». Ce bas-relief surplombe une fenêtre (vitrail de la chapelle St. Jean Baptiste) qui elle-même surplombe la « porte de Rohan ». Figure remplacée lors des rénovations de 1886 par une copie. Louis Blondel a reconnu au dos de ce même bloc une Gorgone stylisée antérieure à la fin du XIIe s. (« Un masque antique de la Gorgone », in Genava, V.9, 1961, p. 57). |
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