Another winery tour with lunch, this time our first Amarone. First they explained the wine making process, showed us the cellar, then gave us a tour of the villa. Fascinating. It was built in the sixteenth century, on three levels representing heaven (the family’s chapel), earth, (the everyday living areas) and hell (the grotto). They think the family at the time were still worshipping Mithra which of course was heretical. Mithra was the main cult worshipped by the Romans at the time of the Christian coup. Sixteenth century and still worshipping Mithra, a thousand years after the cult was supposedly wiped out. How interesting.
They had the best fireplaces…
Here the angel is pulling the monster’s nostrils…
