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Sightings – Basel, Switzerland

 
Basel, Switzerland © Pierre Ménard

Basel, Switzerland © Pierre Ménard

 
This green man was photographed in Basel, Switzerland by Pierre Menard. Basel is Switzerland’s third most important city, located where the French and the German border meet. The green men of Basel feature in an article in our current e-newsletter available free to all our members.

This sighting is in our gazetteer which can be viewed HERE And has been added to our Flickr photographic archive which can be viewed HERE


Sightings – Basel, Switzerland

Basel, Switzerland © Pierre Ménard

Basel, Switzerland © Pierre Ménard

This green man was photographed in Basel, Switzerland by Pierre Menard. Basel is Switzerland’s third most important city, located where the French and the German border meet. The green men of Basel feature in an article in our current e-newsletter available free to all our members.

This sighting is in our gazetteer which can be viewed HERE And has been added to our Flickr photographic archive which can be viewed HERE


Sightings – Basel, Switzerland

Basel, Switzerland © Pierre Ménard

Basel, Switzerland © Pierre Ménard

My thanks to Pierre Ménard  for sending in this wonderful green man from Basel in Switzerland. More of Pierre’s pictures from Basel will feature in our December e-newsletter available to our members.

This sighting is in our gazetteer which can be viewed HERE

And has been added to our Flickr photographic archive which can be viewed HERE


Sightings – Bamberg Cathedral

Bamberg Cathedral © Pierre Ménard

Bamberg Cathedral © Pierre Ménard

This instantly recognisable  Green man can be found in Bamberg Cathedral in Germany. My thanks to Pierre Ménard  for sending in these wonderful pictures.
The Bamberg Cathedral Green Man dates from around 1237. This green man forms one of the two corbels supporting a shelf on which the famous Rider of Bamberg stands. Strangely the other corbel was never carved.  The face is formed from stylised acanthus leaves and at first glance can almost be missed amongst the foliage.

 

This sighting is in our gazetteer which can be viewed HERE

And has been added to our Flickr photographic archive which can be viewed HERE

 

Bamberg Cathedral © Pierre Ménard

Bamberg Cathedral © Pierre Ménard