{"id":2086,"date":"2020-08-29T11:44:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T09:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campanariodesanxoan.com\/?page_id=2086"},"modified":"2020-11-11T07:16:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T06:16:09","slug":"legend","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/campanariodesanxoan.com\/index.php\/en\/legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kefgz088-73e7a106a5f0c242ac50326a2c5e6d1d\">\n.avia-section.av-kefgz088-73e7a106a5f0c242ac50326a2c5e6d1d .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.5;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/campanariodesanxoan.com\/wp-content\/themes\/enfold\/images\/background-images\/floral-dark.png);\nbackground-repeat:repeat;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-kefgz088-73e7a106a5f0c242ac50326a2c5e6d1d main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll av-section-color-overlay-active container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay-wrap\"><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay\"><\/div><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-2086'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-965cff1de31f1ea0ab3fe70cdda7237d\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-965cff1de31f1ea0ab3fe70cdda7237d{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#31653b;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-965cff1de31f1ea0ab3fe70cdda7237d .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-965cff1de31f1ea0ab3fe70cdda7237d .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#31653b;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-965cff1de31f1ea0ab3fe70cdda7237d .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-965cff1de31f1ea0ab3fe70cdda7237d av-special-heading-h3 custom-color-heading  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >ST JOHN\u00b4S BELLS<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-9047me-14985336062e0529730b3f5833cea0df\">\n.flex_column.av-9047me-14985336062e0529730b3f5833cea0df{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-9047me-14985336062e0529730b3f5833cea0df av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_one_third  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kefgzrdi-dc5084fd72fb1632eae107f561f5e60c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>\u00abOn national days, when the sun is about to set, and people from the capital city leave lonely streets and households to go for a walk in order to wear their best clothes and relax their bodies and mind after a hard day&#8217;s work, we like wandering through the streets. Although silent, we think we hear the echo of stories, legends and tales of past times.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, a distant yesterday, after climbing through Jerusalem and the Atalaya, we went down by Pe\u00f1as\u00b4s door, and when we reached St Martin\u00b4s church, we heard some harmful screams, making us pause mid step.<\/p>\n<p>We looked around and up; but we did not see any human being who could have made such complaints.<\/p>\n<p>-Have you heard? &#8211; We asked an old funny woman who went up Mar\u00eda Virlares\u00b4street (today Brillares) -. Have you heard, old funny woman, that without any doubt you go to St Michael\u00b4s in search of forgiveness and salvation of your soul?; have you heard -we repeat again- those harmful screams we heard?<\/p>\n<p>_Yes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Where do they come from?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;From there&#8212;she says pointing to St Martin\u00b4s church.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;But&#8211; there is nobody there&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>_ No, there are only the bells.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; \u2026&#8230;..?<\/p>\n<p>_ Hey you, Sir, listen to this couplet which is circulating.<\/p>\n<p>And immediately she mentions this lyrical poem of a mysterious song:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-7agk7q-89ad4f546b0cf71af367ab3f457d25bf\">\n.flex_column.av-7agk7q-89ad4f546b0cf71af367ab3f457d25bf{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-7agk7q-89ad4f546b0cf71af367ab3f457d25bf av_one_third  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class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay\"><div class=\"av-caption-image-overlay-bg\"><\/div><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay-position\"><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay-center\"><p>San Martim Pinario Bell Tower<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-2103 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2103 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/campanariodesanxoan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CAMPANARIOSANMARTIN-2-773x1030.jpg\" alt='Campanario San Xoan' title='Campanario San Xoan'  height=\"1030\" width=\"773\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/campanariodesanxoan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CAMPANARIOSANMARTIN-2-773x1030.jpg 773w, https:\/\/campanariodesanxoan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CAMPANARIOSANMARTIN-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/campanariodesanxoan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CAMPANARIOSANMARTIN-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, 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el_before_av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><p><div  class='hr av-46qzza-131c5e06d0b4940a3bc922024b97a1fb hr-default  avia-builder-el-7  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kefh3lwu-e32e018fb9bf5b43860bc89e63b2e196\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-kefh3lwu-e32e018fb9bf5b43860bc89e63b2e196 .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#31653b;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kefh3lwu-e32e018fb9bf5b43860bc89e63b2e196 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The bells of St John\u00b4s<\/p>\n<p>since they are in Saint Martin\u00b4s,<\/p>\n<p>don\u00b4t stop saying ding-dong,<\/p>\n<p>and they always repeat dong-ding.<\/p>\n<p>And it is said they will always be<\/p>\n<p>repeating till the end:<\/p>\n<p>take us away from St Martin\u00b4s<\/p>\n<p>and bring us back to Saint John\u00b4s.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-217i5i-c5a0d0887c63b8f5aeac8638790115b0 hr-default  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ctpza-deea64c88a9aeb4bbce3d73692015c40\">\n.flex_column.av-ctpza-deea64c88a9aeb4bbce3d73692015c40{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-ctpza-deea64c88a9aeb4bbce3d73692015c40 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" 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mysterious couplets, and she informed us that, some days ago, the bells from Saint John\u00b4s parish, which were some centuries ago in a bell gable of a house which has the same name of the street, were moved to St Martin\u00b4s church. And since then, during the day, and above all in the silence of the night, some pitiful moans can be heard<\/p>\n<p>and it was found out that they came from the bells. And people have already understood what their sound means.<\/p>\n<p>We left that informative, old woman, and thinking about the reason of this decision, we walked till we arrived, some moments later, in front of the bell-gable where the bells had been.<\/p>\n<p>What sad impression that house made on us, alone, without the bells which for many centuries had been their mates!<\/p>\n<p>What aspect of a \u201cskull\u201d, with their empty orbits, that bell-gable had where the bells were!<\/p>\n<p>What thoughts would those bells placed there inspire in the visitors! What memories would those bells evoke to the people aware of Compostela! What sublime thoughts would that beautiful combination: bells, house, bell-gable, narrow and devious streets filled with centenary houses inspire!<\/p>\n<p>Why erase these beautiful pictures of history and colour?<\/p>\n<p>We thought we could relax in our surveillance of the preservation of everything which is archaic, worshipped and respectable that exists in Compostela; but it is not possible.<\/p>\n<p>We will go back to the point, and with all the deserved and due respect, we will ask anyone who can answer us: why have those bells been moved from the place where they previously were for many centuries?; Is the reason so important, that it is not possible to bring them back to their original place?<\/p>\n<p>If some details like that are being changed, which seems irrelevant, the old city of Compostela will soon be like any town of the present century.\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2086","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/campanariodesanxoan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/campanariodesanxoan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/campanariodesanxoan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campanariodesanxoan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campanariodesanxoan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/campanariodesanxoan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/campanariodesanxoan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}