This a shot of the front entrance of the cathedral; - a saint with a sword next to an ivy (or vine) - in - bronze set of doors.

I call this photo, taken in August of 1999:

No cathedral - and certainly no great gothic cathedral - is complete without a cohort of gargoyles, grotesques and other sprites and elementals from the pagan depths of the christian mind.

My favorite gargoyle at the National Cathedral is this pan-like gnome (Sculptor: Edith Beppeto Parsons) . Somewhere in the inaccessible heights of one of the church towers is another of my favorites - a tiny carving of Darth Vader's fearsome helmeted head!

I call this photo, taken in June 1999:

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