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Ah, the Salamanca astronaut! This is a fun and mysterious detail in the historic city of Salamanca, Spain. During the 1992 restoration of the **New Cathedral** (Catedral Nueva), one of the stonemasons, Jerónimo García, decided to add a playful modern touch to the centuries-old Gothic architecture. Among the traditional carvings of saints and mythical creatures, he secretly included a small astronaut figure clinging to the façade near the main entrance.