{"id":557,"date":"2011-11-18T15:45:56","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T23:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peyriers.serovia.com\/?p=557"},"modified":"2018-01-17T08:15:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T16:15:09","slug":"roof-ridge-and-its-ornments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lespeyriers.com\/en\/2011\/11\/roof-ridge-and-its-ornments\/","title":{"rendered":"Roof Ridge and Its Ornments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/photo-23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-571\" title=\"photo 2\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/photo-23-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lespeyriers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/photo-23-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lespeyriers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/photo-23.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following the local architectural traditions when building a slate roof, we placed two symbolic ornments, one at each end of the roof ridge:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A stone cross (with even branches), and<\/li>\n<li>A granite sphere or ball<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Based on what we were able to gather from locals, slate artisans and the Internet, the stone cross on top of a slate roof, in the higher plateaux of the Auvergne region, is first and foremost a symbol of protection. Although its position and orientation seem to vary slightly depending on the area, in most cases, it appears to be facing West.<\/p>\n<p>The cross is placed on top of the roof not as a sign indicating the occupants faith but as a &#8216;firewall&#8217; against diseases, epidemics, fire and lightnings.\u00a0 It is there to steer danger away from the house, a bit like a magical shield.<\/p>\n<p>The granite or stone sphere, placed on top of the roof, is to bring prosperity and fertility, and keep misfortune away.<\/p>\n<p>For more info on local and architectural characteristics of the Auvergne region, I recommend the following website:<\/p>\n<p>(www.cezaliersianne.asso.fr)<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the local architectural traditions when building a slate roof, we placed two symbolic ornments, one at each end of the roof ridge: A stone cross (with even branches), and A granite sphere or ball Based on what we were able to gather from locals, slate artisans and the Internet, the stone cross on top [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74,75,71,76,77],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-roof-ornments","tag-roof-ridge","tag-slate-roof","tag-stone-cross","tag-stone-sphere"],"geo":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lespeyriers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lespeyriers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lespeyriers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lespeyriers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lespeyriers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.lespeyriers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1482,"href":"https:\/\/www.lespeyriers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions\/1482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lespeyriers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lespeyriers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lespeyriers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}