Montauro is a small Calabrian town in the province of Catanzaro. It is located on the ridge of a hilltop approximately 400 meters above sea
level on the Gulf of Squillace. The archaeological site of Roccelletta di Borgia is nearby comprising the Greco-Roman colony of Skylletion-
Scolacium with its imposing medieval church of Santa Maria della Roccella ( a name reminiscent of the famous temple town of La Rochelle)
which was built or used, according to some scholars, by the Order of the Knights Templar.
The territory of Montauro, is home to about 1,400 inhabitants today, who enjoy an incredible view (of the bay) from the promontory of Stalettì to
Soverato, is still dotted with fortified buildings, tunnels, ruins of now deserted settlements, places of worship, watch towers and hiding places for
both sacred and the profane. In short, a fascinating place rich in mysteries yet to be discovered. The place name Montauro, as most scholars,
believe is derived from the words " Oro Crusus " i.e. mount or pile of (oro) gold or of a golden color.
But there is also a second theory that the origins of the name should be traced back to "Montaurus" (Mons Taurus) since it appears that a
temple was dedicated to the God Taurus on top of Mount Paladino. We propose another hypothesis that it derives from "Mons Auronis" from
the ancient names of nearby villages of the area that lie between Montepaone (ancient Aurunco) and the village of Pietragrande (part of
Montauro) which were established by the Ausones (or Aurunci) . This theory is confirmed by an ancient inscription in a Montauro church
dedicated to Saint Pantaleone (Montis auronis ...).
We find that the mysteries deepen in the Church of San Pantaleone, a fortified building, sitting on a rocky spur, built on multiple levels.
The orientation of the building, a rectangular plan, it is perfectly East-West, with the entrance to the West and the semicircular apse, facing
East. The Bell Tower, having a square base, was once some meters higher than it is today, as one can see in a fresco inside the Church,
immediately to the right of the entrance, dating from the 18th century. You may also notice that in the exterior wall of the Church (South side)
there is a part of the wall where the surface treatment gives the impression that in the past it was attached to an outer building but the Church
has not been changed at least since 1753 as can be seen in a fresco inside the Church with that date.
The oldest document that references the Montauro Church is dated from 1569. Some think that this structure was originally a castle, dedicated
to St James. The fortified building, however, as the scholar Marialetizia Buonfiglio affirms, judging by wall adornments may be traced back to the
12th century.
This church has numerous surprising elements that appear, in many ways, similar to those of the mysterious Church of Rennes le Chateau in
France, starting with the inscription engraved over the Portal: "Terribilis est locus iste ..." (This place is terrible). The inscription, while being
taken from Scripture, makes any visitor doubtful about choosing to cross over the threshold into the Church. What can be so terrible in that
place? Also, in the lower part of the inscription on the marble masonry is inserted in the description: "hic domus dei East 1828" (in God's House
1828).
The single date of "1828" which may suggest the 700th year of approval of the rule of the Templars (1128) or year in which the curious story of
neo-templars of Gioannita of the Primitive Christian Church founded by Fabré Palaprat, as well as being surprised by the date "1928" (one
hundred years later) engraved on the portal of the Church in Montepaone, at a time located in lower Montauro dedicated to St. John the Baptist
(protector of the Knights of Malta and the Freemasons). In this regard, a few steps from the Church of San Giovanni there is the presence of a
revered and respected hundred year old elm tree by many who, according to oral tradition, was planted in the aftermath of the proclamation of
the Neapolitan Republic. The name adopted by the alleged secret Priory of Sion, a secret organization that created the Knights Templar, is
"ormus", it is argued from the French orme (elm tree) The first two letters, "OR", meaning "Gold", while the last two, "US", a contraction of Ours,
the French Bear and Latin Ursus (echo of Dagobert II, the last of the Merovingian kings whose symbol was the bear).
Disturbing, in other respects, represented in Latin phrases repeated externally (on) both within the Church of Montauro (on the base of the
glass vial containing the blood of s. Pantaleone) in reference to the Patron Saint: " Ne timeas Montaure protector tuus sum " (don't fear
Montauro, I am your protector). Entering the Church, in addition to the statue of San Francesco da Paola donated rather recently (in 1935) by
a local family, of Jesus and Maria SS.ma (del Rosario, Immaculate and Sorrows) and of the patron (San Pantaleone), we see that the remaining
statue of s. Giuseppe, s. Rocco, s. Alexander, St. Anthony and St. Lucia, with the 1st letters of each forming the word GRAAL.
Also the statues of St. Joseph and the Madonna with the baby in her arms are both the same as those in the Church of Rennes le Chateau.
The enigmatic peculiarity lies in the fact that the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child holding a rose with petals open, while the child of the
statue of St. Joseph he holds an Apple!
Observing the wooden ceiling near the entrance you can see, as in the Parisian church of Saint-Seplicur, a painting depicting St. Michael
standing over the devil. Another similarity with respect to the Church of the French capital, precisely on the plaque which commemorates the
curate Jean Jacques Olier, is the presence of a Monogram MA that is also found on the Montauro church engraved on a wafer depicted at the
base of the altar of the Madonna of the Rosary. We find the same symbol in the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Rennes-le-Chateau,. This
representation (formed by an M with an A superimposed on it, quite similar to the Masonic symbol of the square and the compass) present in
the Church of St. Pantaleon of Montauro (and just above the depiction of a chalice) is said to be identical to the one recently discovered in
Cusco in Peru, called "Maddalena".
In the upper right of the altar, oddly, there are three steps, near the first of the fourteen stations of the cross on paintings arranged
counterclockwise. The first "station” Jesus is condemned to death, faces into the northeast corner. Among other anomalies, which in this case
we refer to the Church of the small French village, we find the presence of a Frankish soldier (not Roman) with a helmet similar to that used by
the troops of Dagobert II (the last of the Merovingian kings) and the sky at sunset.
As we said before, the Church (temple?) is not a single floor but has superimposed levels.
Those underground, where there is the crypt, were not brought to light completely, although there are some in the countryside who affirm that
towards the middle of the last century some renovations were made, including those relating to the installation of new flooring, and a skeleton
was found on a chair. This event may bring to mind the case of the mysterious Vicar of Rennes le Chateau, Bèrenger Saunière who after his
death in 1917, in veneration was placed on a chair, wrapped with a covering of a red small round flower (chrysanthemum or dahlia), and
everyone who was in attendance cut a flower to take home for themselves. In addition, it is also said that among the various tombs found in the
Church of Montauro was one belonging to a woman of high lineage.
Another interesting artifact of medieval fortification, closely linked to the Church of San Pantaleone and present in the territory of Montauro is
the monastic Grainery of St. Anne which was destroyed by the earthquake of 1783. This impressive fortification, which was relied on for over
three centuries by the Templars and the Fossanova Abbey, built atop a cliff, about 400 m. a.s.l., between the Church of s. Pantaleone (on the
North side) and the nearby village of Gasperina (South side). When built (12th century?) it was dedicated to St. James (the major defender
against the infidels Saracens and Patron Saint of pilgrims and Knights), became the property of the Carthusian order (the Cistercian
Charterhouse of Serra s. Bruno). The dedication occurred between the 14th and 15th centuries.
The enclosure walls are rectangular with the entrance to the West with "defensive firing positions" with small window openings on all sides.
Regarding the character of the architecture you can say that "a fortification of the size of the Grainery appears to be (large) beyond
comparison".
There are no reliable sources about who were the promoters of both buildings of the monastic Grainery of St. Anne and the Church of St.
Pantaleon in Montauro. There are unfortunately many documents concerning the Montauro area, considered suspicious if not totally
counterfeit. In fact, there have been disputes that arose mainly between the Carthusians of Serra San Bruno and the local feudal lords, (not
limited to) for the defense of possessions, and the willingness to forge such documents is now an established fact.
In various places in the countryside, in particular on the portals of some noble palaces there are symbols that refer to secret societies such as
the Templars, Rosicrucians and Freemasons. In particular, the Palace Di Florio (now Spadea) in which there are reportedly many strange
tunnels, hidden treasures and a private chapel. In the central piazza Zanardelli a Templar cross (or Solomon) is still visible, engraved in granite.
And even within the Church of St. Pantaleone, you can see the enigmatic coats of arms (representing the circle, the Crown and the acanthus
leaves..), a painting of the vault of the apse depicting the starry sky and the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Mary and the 12 Apostles, white
lilies, votive tablets with raised letters and wrong dates, some of which repeatedly show clearly 1781 dating the year, coincident with the star of
Marie de Nègre, the most famous tomb in the cemetery of Rennes le Chateau.
Marie belonged to the same lineage as that of Jacques Etienne Marconis de Nègre in 1838, which underpin the Masonic rite of Memphis, and
her husband was a direct descendant of Bertrand de Blanchefort, Grand Master of the Templars. And always on the family church, it is said
that at the center of the stone cross (Templar), located on the entrance portal, there was a rose (symbol of the Byzantines, the Knights of
Rhodes or Rose which inspired the Templars and the Rosicrucians).
Well, we find the same cross and the same symbols at Alberona in Apulia, the original land of Calabria, which belonged to the Knights Templar
until 1307, and then, until 1794, the Knights of Malta. The civic coat of arms (three mountains) symbolize the Calabrian lands of Stilo,
Pagliarone and Montauro.
All of this should not surprise us much, as it seems almost certain that in the nearby town of Squillace there has been a strong Templar
presence, connected to an important marshalling area near to Scylletium, and that the territory of the Gulf was a necessary passage, for the
troops who went to Palestine, giving it an assumed a significant strategic importance. In addition, in Girifalco, a town just a short distance from
Montauro is said to be the first Masonic lodge in Italy, founded in 1723 by Duke of Girifalco, the House of Caracciolo di Napoli, some documents
saved from a fire in 1921 and now stored at the home of the Toulon family provides the proof as published recently by the reseacher Rocco
Ritorto.
In several places around Montauro, one can find boulders, carved with a circle surmounted by a cross with an S, which is supposed to
represent an ancient signal mark useful to demarcate the land belonging to the monks of the monastery of s. Stefano del Bosco (later became
Charterhouse of Serra San Bruno). Another not insignificant peculiarity, is that Montauro is situated exactly on straight line that connects
Rennes le Chateau with Jerusalem, one of the few strips of land that separates the two towns.
These are a series of elements that do not purport to be absolute but who clearly have some correlation with the details of the Church of
Rennes le Chateau and with symbolism and aspects that if researched could lead us in the direction of a more truthful and complete
reconstruction of the history of this territory and that of Calabria.
Moreover, if the mysteries of Rennes le Chateau seem related to the Treasure of the Visigoths, the supposed Order of Zion, in Jerusalem,
order of the Knights Templar, the paintings of Poussin, the Holy Grail, to Freemasonry, we must say that, even on such arguments, none of
these is out of consideration.
To make only a few examples, many have written (among them a certain Campanile from Capua) about Calabrians being with "Legio X
Fretensis" (the Roman Tenth Legion Fretense ") that crucified Jesus Christ and then, under orders from Tito, contributed to the destruction of
the Temple of Jerusalem taking Jewish treasures to Rome (including the Ark of the Covenant and the candelabra with seven Arms) which were
stolen by Alaric, King of the Visigoths. Alaric died in Calabria in 410 and is supposedly buried, with his treasure, in the River Busento. The area
of Calabria for which apparently came the hermit monks of St. Augustine, headed by a Bishop named Arnulf, who in the 11th century (as some
scholars, including the famous m. Baigent, Leigh and r. h. Lincoln in the work Holy Grail) would settle in Jerusalem and found the order of Sion
and then merge to Orval followed a certain Ursus (the mysterious Prince Bear), a name in documents of the Priory of Sion which is often
associated with the Merovingian ancestry. Orval, situated in the Ardennes, lies within walking distance of Stenay, the place where Dagobert II
was assassinated, the last of the Merovingians. In addition, the historian de Sède argues that among those monks (who later were reported in
Jerusalem, probably at the Abbey of our Lady of Zion) there was also Peter the hermit, the charismatic founder of the Crusades.
Finally, Nicholas Poussin in some of his paintings (the birth of Bacchus, Apollo and Daphne, and perhaps also in Orion), would be inspired by
the Pantheism of Tommaso Campanella, Calabrian philosopher who was indirectly influenced by followers of movements that are connected to
the secret sect of the Knights Templar: the Priory of Sion and the brotherhood of the Rosicrucians. Indicative and notworthy also as in the coat
of arms of Campanella: "Propter Sion non tacebo" (of Sion do not remain quiet). Campanella had a great influence on the founders of the
Rosicrucians. To take just one example, The Chemist Wedding, attributed to Johann Valentin Andreae, strongly emphasizing the number 7 and
which speaks to the House of the Sun, with clear references to the city of Sun of the philosopher of Stilo. (30 km from Montuaro)
You can say then that Calabria, a place of transition for its geographical location in the Centre of the Mediterranean, wrongly regarded as "the
Cinderella of the facts", is a region rich in events and involvements of great importance, but also of mysteries waiting to be revealed, and
perhaps today we can also add to Montauro to the list.
Giuseppe Pisano
Ciao!
©copyright 2011 Property of MJSturino,LLC
Any reproduction with-out the owners express written consent is strictly prohibited
level on the Gulf of Squillace. The archaeological site of Roccelletta di Borgia is nearby comprising the Greco-Roman colony of Skylletion-
Scolacium with its imposing medieval church of Santa Maria della Roccella ( a name reminiscent of the famous temple town of La Rochelle)
which was built or used, according to some scholars, by the Order of the Knights Templar.
The territory of Montauro, is home to about 1,400 inhabitants today, who enjoy an incredible view (of the bay) from the promontory of Stalettì to
Soverato, is still dotted with fortified buildings, tunnels, ruins of now deserted settlements, places of worship, watch towers and hiding places for
both sacred and the profane. In short, a fascinating place rich in mysteries yet to be discovered. The place name Montauro, as most scholars,
believe is derived from the words " Oro Crusus " i.e. mount or pile of (oro) gold or of a golden color.
But there is also a second theory that the origins of the name should be traced back to "Montaurus" (Mons Taurus) since it appears that a
temple was dedicated to the God Taurus on top of Mount Paladino. We propose another hypothesis that it derives from "Mons Auronis" from
the ancient names of nearby villages of the area that lie between Montepaone (ancient Aurunco) and the village of Pietragrande (part of
Montauro) which were established by the Ausones (or Aurunci) . This theory is confirmed by an ancient inscription in a Montauro church
dedicated to Saint Pantaleone (Montis auronis ...).
We find that the mysteries deepen in the Church of San Pantaleone, a fortified building, sitting on a rocky spur, built on multiple levels.
The orientation of the building, a rectangular plan, it is perfectly East-West, with the entrance to the West and the semicircular apse, facing
East. The Bell Tower, having a square base, was once some meters higher than it is today, as one can see in a fresco inside the Church,
immediately to the right of the entrance, dating from the 18th century. You may also notice that in the exterior wall of the Church (South side)
there is a part of the wall where the surface treatment gives the impression that in the past it was attached to an outer building but the Church
has not been changed at least since 1753 as can be seen in a fresco inside the Church with that date.
The oldest document that references the Montauro Church is dated from 1569. Some think that this structure was originally a castle, dedicated
to St James. The fortified building, however, as the scholar Marialetizia Buonfiglio affirms, judging by wall adornments may be traced back to the
12th century.
This church has numerous surprising elements that appear, in many ways, similar to those of the mysterious Church of Rennes le Chateau in
France, starting with the inscription engraved over the Portal: "Terribilis est locus iste ..." (This place is terrible). The inscription, while being
taken from Scripture, makes any visitor doubtful about choosing to cross over the threshold into the Church. What can be so terrible in that
place? Also, in the lower part of the inscription on the marble masonry is inserted in the description: "hic domus dei East 1828" (in God's House
1828).
The single date of "1828" which may suggest the 700th year of approval of the rule of the Templars (1128) or year in which the curious story of
neo-templars of Gioannita of the Primitive Christian Church founded by Fabré Palaprat, as well as being surprised by the date "1928" (one
hundred years later) engraved on the portal of the Church in Montepaone, at a time located in lower Montauro dedicated to St. John the Baptist
(protector of the Knights of Malta and the Freemasons). In this regard, a few steps from the Church of San Giovanni there is the presence of a
revered and respected hundred year old elm tree by many who, according to oral tradition, was planted in the aftermath of the proclamation of
the Neapolitan Republic. The name adopted by the alleged secret Priory of Sion, a secret organization that created the Knights Templar, is
"ormus", it is argued from the French orme (elm tree) The first two letters, "OR", meaning "Gold", while the last two, "US", a contraction of Ours,
the French Bear and Latin Ursus (echo of Dagobert II, the last of the Merovingian kings whose symbol was the bear).
Disturbing, in other respects, represented in Latin phrases repeated externally (on) both within the Church of Montauro (on the base of the
glass vial containing the blood of s. Pantaleone) in reference to the Patron Saint: " Ne timeas Montaure protector tuus sum " (don't fear
Montauro, I am your protector). Entering the Church, in addition to the statue of San Francesco da Paola donated rather recently (in 1935) by
a local family, of Jesus and Maria SS.ma (del Rosario, Immaculate and Sorrows) and of the patron (San Pantaleone), we see that the remaining
statue of s. Giuseppe, s. Rocco, s. Alexander, St. Anthony and St. Lucia, with the 1st letters of each forming the word GRAAL.
Also the statues of St. Joseph and the Madonna with the baby in her arms are both the same as those in the Church of Rennes le Chateau.
The enigmatic peculiarity lies in the fact that the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child holding a rose with petals open, while the child of the
statue of St. Joseph he holds an Apple!
Observing the wooden ceiling near the entrance you can see, as in the Parisian church of Saint-Seplicur, a painting depicting St. Michael
standing over the devil. Another similarity with respect to the Church of the French capital, precisely on the plaque which commemorates the
curate Jean Jacques Olier, is the presence of a Monogram MA that is also found on the Montauro church engraved on a wafer depicted at the
base of the altar of the Madonna of the Rosary. We find the same symbol in the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Rennes-le-Chateau,. This
representation (formed by an M with an A superimposed on it, quite similar to the Masonic symbol of the square and the compass) present in
the Church of St. Pantaleon of Montauro (and just above the depiction of a chalice) is said to be identical to the one recently discovered in
Cusco in Peru, called "Maddalena".
In the upper right of the altar, oddly, there are three steps, near the first of the fourteen stations of the cross on paintings arranged
counterclockwise. The first "station” Jesus is condemned to death, faces into the northeast corner. Among other anomalies, which in this case
we refer to the Church of the small French village, we find the presence of a Frankish soldier (not Roman) with a helmet similar to that used by
the troops of Dagobert II (the last of the Merovingian kings) and the sky at sunset.
As we said before, the Church (temple?) is not a single floor but has superimposed levels.
Those underground, where there is the crypt, were not brought to light completely, although there are some in the countryside who affirm that
towards the middle of the last century some renovations were made, including those relating to the installation of new flooring, and a skeleton
was found on a chair. This event may bring to mind the case of the mysterious Vicar of Rennes le Chateau, Bèrenger Saunière who after his
death in 1917, in veneration was placed on a chair, wrapped with a covering of a red small round flower (chrysanthemum or dahlia), and
everyone who was in attendance cut a flower to take home for themselves. In addition, it is also said that among the various tombs found in the
Church of Montauro was one belonging to a woman of high lineage.
Another interesting artifact of medieval fortification, closely linked to the Church of San Pantaleone and present in the territory of Montauro is
the monastic Grainery of St. Anne which was destroyed by the earthquake of 1783. This impressive fortification, which was relied on for over
three centuries by the Templars and the Fossanova Abbey, built atop a cliff, about 400 m. a.s.l., between the Church of s. Pantaleone (on the
North side) and the nearby village of Gasperina (South side). When built (12th century?) it was dedicated to St. James (the major defender
against the infidels Saracens and Patron Saint of pilgrims and Knights), became the property of the Carthusian order (the Cistercian
Charterhouse of Serra s. Bruno). The dedication occurred between the 14th and 15th centuries.
The enclosure walls are rectangular with the entrance to the West with "defensive firing positions" with small window openings on all sides.
Regarding the character of the architecture you can say that "a fortification of the size of the Grainery appears to be (large) beyond
comparison".
There are no reliable sources about who were the promoters of both buildings of the monastic Grainery of St. Anne and the Church of St.
Pantaleon in Montauro. There are unfortunately many documents concerning the Montauro area, considered suspicious if not totally
counterfeit. In fact, there have been disputes that arose mainly between the Carthusians of Serra San Bruno and the local feudal lords, (not
limited to) for the defense of possessions, and the willingness to forge such documents is now an established fact.
In various places in the countryside, in particular on the portals of some noble palaces there are symbols that refer to secret societies such as
the Templars, Rosicrucians and Freemasons. In particular, the Palace Di Florio (now Spadea) in which there are reportedly many strange
tunnels, hidden treasures and a private chapel. In the central piazza Zanardelli a Templar cross (or Solomon) is still visible, engraved in granite.
And even within the Church of St. Pantaleone, you can see the enigmatic coats of arms (representing the circle, the Crown and the acanthus
leaves..), a painting of the vault of the apse depicting the starry sky and the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Mary and the 12 Apostles, white
lilies, votive tablets with raised letters and wrong dates, some of which repeatedly show clearly 1781 dating the year, coincident with the star of
Marie de Nègre, the most famous tomb in the cemetery of Rennes le Chateau.
Marie belonged to the same lineage as that of Jacques Etienne Marconis de Nègre in 1838, which underpin the Masonic rite of Memphis, and
her husband was a direct descendant of Bertrand de Blanchefort, Grand Master of the Templars. And always on the family church, it is said
that at the center of the stone cross (Templar), located on the entrance portal, there was a rose (symbol of the Byzantines, the Knights of
Rhodes or Rose which inspired the Templars and the Rosicrucians).
Well, we find the same cross and the same symbols at Alberona in Apulia, the original land of Calabria, which belonged to the Knights Templar
until 1307, and then, until 1794, the Knights of Malta. The civic coat of arms (three mountains) symbolize the Calabrian lands of Stilo,
Pagliarone and Montauro.
All of this should not surprise us much, as it seems almost certain that in the nearby town of Squillace there has been a strong Templar
presence, connected to an important marshalling area near to Scylletium, and that the territory of the Gulf was a necessary passage, for the
troops who went to Palestine, giving it an assumed a significant strategic importance. In addition, in Girifalco, a town just a short distance from
Montauro is said to be the first Masonic lodge in Italy, founded in 1723 by Duke of Girifalco, the House of Caracciolo di Napoli, some documents
saved from a fire in 1921 and now stored at the home of the Toulon family provides the proof as published recently by the reseacher Rocco
Ritorto.
In several places around Montauro, one can find boulders, carved with a circle surmounted by a cross with an S, which is supposed to
represent an ancient signal mark useful to demarcate the land belonging to the monks of the monastery of s. Stefano del Bosco (later became
Charterhouse of Serra San Bruno). Another not insignificant peculiarity, is that Montauro is situated exactly on straight line that connects
Rennes le Chateau with Jerusalem, one of the few strips of land that separates the two towns.
These are a series of elements that do not purport to be absolute but who clearly have some correlation with the details of the Church of
Rennes le Chateau and with symbolism and aspects that if researched could lead us in the direction of a more truthful and complete
reconstruction of the history of this territory and that of Calabria.
Moreover, if the mysteries of Rennes le Chateau seem related to the Treasure of the Visigoths, the supposed Order of Zion, in Jerusalem,
order of the Knights Templar, the paintings of Poussin, the Holy Grail, to Freemasonry, we must say that, even on such arguments, none of
these is out of consideration.
To make only a few examples, many have written (among them a certain Campanile from Capua) about Calabrians being with "Legio X
Fretensis" (the Roman Tenth Legion Fretense ") that crucified Jesus Christ and then, under orders from Tito, contributed to the destruction of
the Temple of Jerusalem taking Jewish treasures to Rome (including the Ark of the Covenant and the candelabra with seven Arms) which were
stolen by Alaric, King of the Visigoths. Alaric died in Calabria in 410 and is supposedly buried, with his treasure, in the River Busento. The area
of Calabria for which apparently came the hermit monks of St. Augustine, headed by a Bishop named Arnulf, who in the 11th century (as some
scholars, including the famous m. Baigent, Leigh and r. h. Lincoln in the work Holy Grail) would settle in Jerusalem and found the order of Sion
and then merge to Orval followed a certain Ursus (the mysterious Prince Bear), a name in documents of the Priory of Sion which is often
associated with the Merovingian ancestry. Orval, situated in the Ardennes, lies within walking distance of Stenay, the place where Dagobert II
was assassinated, the last of the Merovingians. In addition, the historian de Sède argues that among those monks (who later were reported in
Jerusalem, probably at the Abbey of our Lady of Zion) there was also Peter the hermit, the charismatic founder of the Crusades.
Finally, Nicholas Poussin in some of his paintings (the birth of Bacchus, Apollo and Daphne, and perhaps also in Orion), would be inspired by
the Pantheism of Tommaso Campanella, Calabrian philosopher who was indirectly influenced by followers of movements that are connected to
the secret sect of the Knights Templar: the Priory of Sion and the brotherhood of the Rosicrucians. Indicative and notworthy also as in the coat
of arms of Campanella: "Propter Sion non tacebo" (of Sion do not remain quiet). Campanella had a great influence on the founders of the
Rosicrucians. To take just one example, The Chemist Wedding, attributed to Johann Valentin Andreae, strongly emphasizing the number 7 and
which speaks to the House of the Sun, with clear references to the city of Sun of the philosopher of Stilo. (30 km from Montuaro)
You can say then that Calabria, a place of transition for its geographical location in the Centre of the Mediterranean, wrongly regarded as "the
Cinderella of the facts", is a region rich in events and involvements of great importance, but also of mysteries waiting to be revealed, and
perhaps today we can also add to Montauro to the list.
Giuseppe Pisano
Ciao!
©copyright 2011 Property of MJSturino,LLC
Any reproduction with-out the owners express written consent is strictly prohibited
The Mysteries of Montauro,
Montauro, the Italian Rennes Chateau
by Giuseppe Pisano
Montauro, the Italian Rennes Chateau
by Giuseppe Pisano