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In the city of Almeria, the bas-reliefs of the façade
of the Cathedral and the choir stalls were carved by Juan de Orea
in the 16th century. The decoration of the stalls represents the
Apostles, Prophets and Saints, in a pure, classical style. The Almeria
city museum is home to two pieces representing the Good Shepherd
from the 5th and 6th centuries, early Christian sculptures from
Gador, crudely hewn in marble from late Roman times, bearing testimony
to the beginnings of Christianity in Andalucía.
There are two fascinating caves called "Los
Letreros" and "Gabal" near Vélez Blanco, the
first of which was the first Andalucían cave to be studied
by scientists. It was initially thought that its walls were carved
with an archaic form of hieroglyphic script, although the discovery
of other caves also decorated with the same parallel bi-triangular
symbols now shows that they are diagrammatic Andalucían artistic
patterns. The caves of the Almeria region are basically similar
to those of the Sierra Morena and Upper Guadalquivir River Basin.
There are two interesting works in the city's Archaeological
museum. The anthropomorphic idol of Morocco ( 1800BC), an ivory
figure, and Iberian Sculptures of Porcuna (5th C)
In the Cathedral can be seen the altarpiece of San
Pedro de Osma by Pedro Mechuca and the Immaculate Conception by
Sebastian Martinez (17th C).
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