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The St. Patrick's Well - Orvieto - Italy
It was built, in Orvieto, between 1527 and 1537 by Antonio da Sangallo for Pope Clement VII, who, after the sack of Rome in 1527 by the troops of Landsknecht on the pay of the Emperor Charles V, was determined to make the city where he took refuge impregnable by building a water reservoir.
(Clemente VII)
The project was completed during the reign of Pope Paul III (1534-1549)
(Paul III Farnese)
Access to the well, is a masterpiece of engineering, and is guaranteed by two spiral ramps-way, fully autonomous and served by two different doors. The two ramps allowed to carry the extracted water with mules , preventing congestion.
The well , 53.15 meters deep, was created by digging into the tufa of the stocky and high plateau in the Tiber Valley where the city of Orvieto is situated, a enough solid stone that now, after several centuries, is feeling the sewage effect.
It has a cylindrical shape with a circular base with a diameter of 13 meters.
The steps are 248 and windows that give light are 70.
Perhaps the aura of the sacred and magical that accompanies the deep cavities, or pure imitation of models cinema, modern tourists will throw pennies in the hope of return.
The well was named after St. Patrick because it remainded a cave near a small lake in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, which now named St. Patrick's Purgatory
According to the legend St.Patrick used to retire in that island to pray. Christ indicated him the cave so that he might show the Hell's pain to the most incredulous people that had the courage to enter and reach the cave deep end. In return they would have received the remission of sins and access to Paradise.
The cave became a pilgrimage place, until, Pope Alexander VI imposed the closure of the cave, in 1457.*Attention please* - - "This translation (and / or content) is made by Sylvhia exclusively for "I Nove Mondi Forum". In case of partial or full release is mandatory to link to the original source and the required credits".
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozzo_di_San_Patrizio
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