Neapolitan Secrets: The Sansevero Chapel and the Veiled Christ: Between Freemasonry and Alchemy
In this episode of Neapolitan Secrets, we retrace the footsteps of Raimondo di Sangro, the seventh Prince of Sansevero. The first of the Grand Masters of Freemasonry, a scientist, an alchemist, and even, according to some, a sadistic murderer. Numerous rumors have circulated about him over the centuries, but which of these are true?
Following the alchemical and Masonic symbols scattered throughout the Sansevero Chapel, the prince's intellectual legacy, we seek to shed light on this man shrouded in mystery. From the Veiled Christ to the anatomical machines, from the base of Disillusionment to Modesty, the individual clues ultimately seem to piece together a dark pattern that leads to a terrifying truth.
Report by Andrea Ruberto with Marco Perillo