Most visitors who leave the National Cathedral in ... Since Darth Vader’s masked mouth has no spout, he’s technically just a grotesque, not a gargoyle. The winning artwork was “Sagacious ...

So what better icon to carve onto the building than Darth Vader ... Gargoyles are a subgenre of grotesque that serve a functional purpose, and there are about 112 of them on the National Cathedral.

Gargoyles date back to the 13th century when they first started adorning Gothic churches. Their counterparts, the less functional but no less formidable grotesques, trace their origins back even ...

Darth Vader, evil space wizard ... looms far above congregants at Washington D.C.’s National Cathedral, appearing as a stone gargoyle (well, technically a “grotesque”) in order to scare ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Washington National ... the cathedral's facade will begin again on Sunday at 2 p.m. The gargoyles include monsters, dogs and horses, as well as Star Wars" villain Darth Vader.

Washington National Cathedral stands tall in ... Another must-see is Darth Vader, carved into the cathedral’s north side. The “Star Wars” villain was one of four winning designs by middle ...

you can see a small gargoyle sculpture of Darth Vader's head on the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. The story goes that, back in the year 1980, there was a competition in National Geographic ...

Washington National Cathedral was built in 14th-century ... Its medievalism has been somewhat updated: there’s a gargoyle of Darth Vader in the north-west corner, while the much-admired stained ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington National ... cathedral's facade will begin again Sunday at 2 p.m. The gargoyles include monsters, dogs and horses, as well as "Star Wars" villain Darth Vader.

Darth Vader came in ... looking things." Gargoyles are a subgenre of grotesque that serve a functional purpose, and there are about 112 of them on the National Cathedral. They're used as part ...

Artist Jay Hall Carpenter sculpted the head out of limestone. It was then installed near the Cathedral’s northwest tower where it remains to this day overlooking the entrance ramp of the church.