Giant Grill (per Sant Llorenç Rosanes)
According to "The Golden Legend" by Jacobus de Voragine, the martyrdom of Saint Lawrence consisted in grilling him to death.
The small town of Saint Laurent (Saint Lawrence) d'Aigouze, France, decided as an homage to the saint to erect this giant grill in the middle of a traffic circle.
Negative shot / © Pascal Fellonneau
20 responses
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Llorenç Rosanes said (19 Oct 2008):
Thank you very much. Excellent oddity.
I have understood, that the poor martyr, when it was roasted of a side, said: "turn me up that of this one I am already" -
Pascal Fellonneau said (19 Oct 2008):
I have heard this too.
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John Linton gave props (19 Oct 2008):
Cool image of what must be a cool place.
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elfriede fulda gave props (19 Oct 2008):
So interesting, good shot, thanks for sharing....
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Alexis Gerard gave props (19 Oct 2008):
The story behind this image is even odder than the image! Both are GREAT
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Dennis Blauer said (20 Oct 2008):
what does that mean exactly? -"turn me up that of this one i am already"
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Pascal Fellonneau said (20 Oct 2008):
It means that as he was done on one side he asked his executioners to put him to grill on the other side.
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Dennis Blauer said (20 Oct 2008):
thanks Pascal for that interpretation. i don't mean to make light of the Saint's suffering but it seems almost comical, especially when considering his response.
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Dennis Blauer gave props (20 Oct 2008):
Well done!
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Dennis Blauer gave props (20 Oct 2008):
He must have been a rare individual!
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Dennis Blauer gave props (20 Oct 2008):
God's BBQ?
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Pascal Fellonneau said (20 Oct 2008):
Nothing about his cooking is said in the story Dennis, maybe he was just a medium rare individual
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dominic serrao gave props (21 Oct 2008):
interesting end! well done!!
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Simon Kossoff gave props (22 Oct 2008):
Great shot Pascal! and strange and interesting story makes it all the more powerful and indeed surreal..
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Benoît Chailleux said (23 Oct 2008):
Ah ! Ces rond-points ... quelles merveilles !
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Gary Joseph Cohen gave props (25 Oct 2008):
Martyrdom with a sense of humor.
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Gary Joseph Cohen said (25 Oct 2008):
To show you where my head was when I first saw this image, I thought it was a giant dreidel.
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claudia luthi gave props (28 Oct 2008):
habráse visto?! qué cosas tan extrañas hay en el mundo, por cierto la dedicación no podría ser mejor!
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Kurt Nimmo gave props (2 Nov 2008):
I swear, it looks like the gods threw this down and it stuck in the earth.
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Lise Utne gave props (6 Jul 2009):
Absurdly wonderful and hilariously funny in a deadpan kind of way; and great dedication, too!
