sillydoll
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2002 CF: 2004 from Paris: 2006 VF: 2007 CF: 2009 Aragones, Ingles, Finisterre: 2011 X 2 on CF: 2013 'Caracoles': 2014 CF and Ingles 'Caracoles":2015 Logrono-Burgos (Hospitalero San Anton): 2016 La Douay to Aosta/San Gimignano to Rome:
Another enigma??
It has been written that the cathedral was built over a Roman temple dedicated to Jupiter. Next to the facade of the Platerías a renaissance stonecutter has carved a horseman with the unmistakable helmut of Jupiter - the Latin pagan God par excellence. Is this renaissance mischief or a masterful message for initiates? Look up at the ceiling of the refectory (built in 1548) and you will see 36 carvings of horsemen of the Order, one is the Emperor Carlos and another one the god Jupiter.
Shakespeare drew on Jupiter and St Jacque for a number of his plays - Jupiter riding on an eagle - Santiago on a white horse: Jupiter's sons Castor and Pollux "whom both Biblical and Spanish tradition connected with Saint James"
So - was the Jupiter temple also built over the remains of another cult? They mystery thickens!
The Mystery Chronicles: More Real-Life X-Files - Google Books
It has been written that the cathedral was built over a Roman temple dedicated to Jupiter. Next to the facade of the Platerías a renaissance stonecutter has carved a horseman with the unmistakable helmut of Jupiter - the Latin pagan God par excellence. Is this renaissance mischief or a masterful message for initiates? Look up at the ceiling of the refectory (built in 1548) and you will see 36 carvings of horsemen of the Order, one is the Emperor Carlos and another one the god Jupiter.
Shakespeare drew on Jupiter and St Jacque for a number of his plays - Jupiter riding on an eagle - Santiago on a white horse: Jupiter's sons Castor and Pollux "whom both Biblical and Spanish tradition connected with Saint James"
So - was the Jupiter temple also built over the remains of another cult? They mystery thickens!
The Mystery Chronicles: More Real-Life X-Files - Google Books