"Goofy" might be a better descriptor, but these seabird statues lining an outer wall of an Ecuadorian cathedral are called "grotesques"—the architectural term for a statue ornamenting the side of a building. But hang on…don"t we call those "gargoyles"? Not exactly. Gargoyles are simply grotesques that boast a specific, practical feature: spouts that convey water from rain gutters away from the building.
A grotesque scene
Today in History
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Black History Month
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Petroglyphs near Fruita in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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Trunks stick together
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Look before you leap
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Shark Awareness Day
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Old City of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia, Croatia
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Falling for the Canadian Rockies
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Islands that turned the tide
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Tour de France begins
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Reflections on Memorial Day
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National Moth Week
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Pegadung Rock, Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
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Seonam Temple, South Korea
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Travel Sunday: Liverpool
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Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
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Glacier cave in Iceland
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Montreux, Switzerland, and all that jazz
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
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Piazza IX Aprile, Taormina, Sicily, Italy
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Elephant Rock, Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia
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Rapa Valley in Sarek National Park, Sweden
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Evidence of human habitation
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Bryce Canyon National Park turns 100
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Amphitheatre of El Jem, Tunisia
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A state-of-the-art lookout on the Rock of Gibraltar
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Bear Hole Brook, Catskill Mountains, New York
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2022 FIFA World Cup
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Have a ‘beary’ good Earth Day
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Edinburgh Art Festival
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Frog Month
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