Tag: Sator Square

The mysteries of Campiglia Marittima, the secret language of stone

Mystery pervades the streets of Campiglia Marittima’s historic centre, creeping like a light breeze between the medieval walls and permeating the atmosphere of this charming Tuscan village. Its ancient buildings conceal many enigmas: engravings, sculpted faces and symbols seem to belong to a secret, indecipherable language. The 12th-century Pieve di San Giovanni preserves fascinating evidence…
Valvisciolo Abbey in Sermoneta, a Templar site

Valvisciolo Abbey stands in a place of pleasant beauty, suspended between the earth and the firmament, where the Lepini Mountains caress the great plain of the Agro Pontino. The ancient monastery rests on the slopes with an innate harmony, as if it had been part of that Arcadian landscape since time immemorial. Its church gazes…
The lost tiles in the parish church of Pieve Terzagni

Pieve Terzagni is a small hamlet in the lower Po Valley, now part of the municipality of Pescarolo ed Uniti. It is home to a treasure of art and symbolism that has long been hidden in the mists of oblivion. In the presbytery of the church of San Giovanni Decollato, fragments of a forgotten past…
The Sator Square of Brusaporto Castle

In medieval times, at the foot of an imposing castle, lay the lively village of Brusaporto. The town, located a short distance from Bergamo, was first mentioned in 1260 in a census requested by the Holy See, which attested to its existence under the name “Ecclesia S.tae Margheritae de Brusaporco“1. The reasons for this particular…
The Sator Square, an enigma that spans history

The Sator Square appears on stones worn by time, engraved among the ruins of ancient Roman cities as well as in the silent cloisters of medieval abbeys. Its five Latin words, arranged so that they can be read in any direction, reappear among the tiles of precious floor mosaics or along the margins of sacred…