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Tag: Religion

Is That A Rooster on Your Church?

February 18, 2017 Richard AlexanderNotes from History

In almost every French village you’ll find a church.  And whether it’s old or new, Romanesque or Gothic, urban or rural, your eyes will be drawn up to the cross at the highest point on the church — and on top of the cross you’ll see … a rooster?

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