Chimeras often served as a warning to people who underestimated the devil. Some of the more notable chimeras are griffins, centaurs, harpies, and mermaids. A carved creature that does not serve the purpose of a drain pipe is frequently referred to as a "Grotesque".ģ Chimeras are merely carvings of faces (usually grotesque) or mixes of different types of animal body parts to create a new creature. The word “gargoyle” is also a derivative from the Latin word, “gurgulio”, which had a double meaning, “throat”, and the “gurgling” sound water makes as it passes through a gargoyle. Jean Cathedral, which dominates the old city of Lyon and has been honoured as a UNESCO World Heritage site.īenzizine is tickled to see his likeness on the facade of the cathedral, which dates to the 12th to 14th centuries and combines both Gothic and Roman architecture.2 The word "Gargoyle" shares a common root with the word "Gargle" which comes from "gargouille", an French word for "Throat".
He has worked off and on since 1973 at St.
exactly 37 years ago, it was considered a sin that a Muslim enter a place of worship other than a mosque," he said. In France, where Islam is the country's second religion, the government has worked to integrate Muslims into French culture, while at the same time confronting cases of Islamophobia, from the desecration of Muslim graves to attacks on mosques.Īhmed Benzizine, who was born in Algeria, a former French colony, sees the gargoyle in his image as "a message of peace and tolerance." It's a sculptor who wants to pay homage to a construction site chief," said the Rev. But a widely publicized outcry from a small extreme-right group has forced the Archdiocese of Lyon into damage control. It was conceived as a symbol of inter-religious friendship that reflects the city of Lyon's links to its large Muslim population. A Muslim stonemason, who spent nearly four decades helping to restore a Roman Catholic cathedral in France, has been immortalized as a winged gargoyle peering out from its facade - with the inscription "God is great" written in French and Arabic.
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