Tag: Middle Ages
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The magic symbolism of Ferrara
Today Ferrara is the keeper of an important and diversified Renaissance heritage: from the noble palaces to the masterful Este Castle, from the extraordinary Cathedral of San Giorgio to the innovative urban structure, each element seems to be permeated by history and beauty. The city has also a mysteric atmosphere, trapped in complex systems of…
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The Templars: monks and soldiers, pilgrims and knights
The conquest of Jerusalem, at the end of the First Crusade, marked a fundamental turning point in the history of Medieval Europe. The city had to be defended and preserved, the holy places of Christianity protected by God’s will. Fighting to pray, this was the spirit that inspired the foundation of the Templars: monks and…
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The last day of Lucius Vetutius Placidus in Pompeii
On the slopes of the Mount Vesuvius, in the quiet city of Pompeii, Indagini e Misteri tells the chronicle of a dramatic day. The life of Lucius Vetutius Placidus is the pretext to reconstruct the events of that tragic August 24 of 79 AD, in which an unpredictable event upsets the lives of thousands of…
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The Solomon’s Knot: a symbol of eternal union
Solomon’s Knot is one of the most remarkable symbols in human history, used as a rich and fascinating symbolism and decorative motif in various cultural contexts. It is composed of two intertwined rings representing an eternal bond. It has crossed history with its geometric structure, meanings and inextricable enigmas. Solomon’s Knot is represented in different…
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The Merels Board
An engraving found in a wall of a Romanesque cloister, on an ancient plaster or in the pavement of a square, what can it tell us? Certainly much more than appearances suggest. It is not just a worn graffiti or a sign left absent-mindedly along the road. There is an arcane and fascinating world that…
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Unknown languages: the Phaistos Disc
The Phaistos Disc is one of the most famous and unresolved archaeological mysteries. The enigma has risen when scholars examined one of the findings from the Minoan palace of Crete. Finding of the Phaistos Disc On the 3rd of July 1908 the Italian archaeologists Luigi Pernier and Federico Halbherr have found a little terracotta disc…
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The Lion-man, the oldest sculpture in the world
Since the 19th century, the Hohlenstein-Stadel cave in Germany had already been the subject of various archaeological excavations. The importance of the site was therefore well known, but when Robert Wetzel and Otto Völzing started a new excavation campaign between 1937 and 1939, they could not imagine what they would find. Indeed, on 25 August…
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St. Galgano and the sword in the stone
A proud knight, the Holy Grail, the sword in the stone and Camelot… or Tuscany! Among enchanting natural landscapes, in a place shrouded in essential mysticism and of extraordinary historical importance, stands the Hermitage of Montesiepi. Here hides a great mystery: a legendary sword was embedded in the stone by a saint. And just beyond,…