Paray-le-Monial - Basilique du Sacré Coeur

The "Basilique du Sacré Coeur" in Paray-le-Monial. The monastry existing since 974 became a dependency of nearby Cluny in 999. The first church "Paray I" was consecrated by Odilo of Cluny already in 1004. Though enlarged later to "Paray II" by the still existing westwork and narthex, Hugh of Cluny started the building of now existing church "Paray III" in 1090. As it has lots of similarities to the only little older "Cluny III", it is sometimes called "Small Cluny".

Here are the 8 medallions of the lintel. The very left one (sorry for the cut), shows a rosette, the very left one a small round children face, that could be a sample for Konrad Lorenz´
cuteness-concept. Then left and rigt are two pairs of mythic animals. The two medallions in the middle show two rotated faces, licking the edge of the lintel. I could not find out the meaning of that very strange behaviour - at the prominent "point of entry".