The traditional gargoyle is a horrendous creature who leers out of knightly church service walls . But people have cover making gargoyles mighty up into the modern day , bringing science fictional flourishes to these illusion creations .
A Xenomorph on Paisley Abbey, Scotland, built in the early 14th century
Many of the original gargoyles were replaced during the restoration in the early 1990s , so we ’re afraid that one of the stonemasons was in a singular mood .
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The Darth Vader grotesque at the Washington National Cathedral, Washington D.C., sculpted by Jay Hall Carpenter, carved by Patrick J. Plunkett in the 1980s
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Cologne Cathedral, Germany
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A gargoyle at the University of Chicago, Illinois
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A man kissing his leg on Rufford Abbey, Nottingham, UK, a Cistercian abbey converted to a house in the 16th century
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Magdalen College, Oxford
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A Pig playing bagpipe on Melrose Abbey, Scotland
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A scorpion on the West Portal of Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France
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A reading monk on the City College campus, New York City
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On west front of Salisbury Cathedral, England
The carving of an astronaut and a demon with ice cream on the wall of Salamanca Cathedral in Salamanca, Spain, built in 1102, added in 1992 during some restoration work
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The Chapelle de Bethléem (Bethlehem Chapel) in Nantes, France, a 15th century church with sci-fi themed gargoyles: a Gizmo and a Gremlin from the movie Gremlins, a xenomorph from Alien and a super robot from UFO Robot Grendizer
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A gargoyle on Freiburger Minster, Feiburg im Breisgau, Germany, built in the 13th century
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Firefighter gargoyles at the old headquarters of the Philadelphia Fire Department at Race Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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A scared or surprised dragon on Bamburgh Castle, England
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The New Town Hall, (Neues Rathaus) Munich, Germany, from the late 19th century
Westminster Abbey, London
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A Cockatrice somewhere in Switzerland
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St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, Czech Republic
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