A look through a lock

There are many kind of locks but only looking through this one you'll have a breathless sight!

Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta, over the Aventino hill, will give you the most original vision you ever had.

Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta

Looking through the hole, on the main door of the Palazzo dei Cavalieri di Malta, this is what you'll see....
This beautiful square not only shows an amazing sight over Saint Peter's dome (try it in the evening time!).....
...but at the same time hides one of the most fascinating legend of the city. By the legend the Aventino hill should be a single, vast and sacred ship for the Templar Order ready to sail towards the "Terra Santa" (the Holy Land). Infact, if you take time to visit the gardens, the square and the building, you'll find a lot of curious symbols, words, images and figures that remind us about the Sacred Order. The southern side of the hill, the one which goes down toward the Tiber River, has a typical V shape like a ship bow, the entrance to the Villa should be the main entrance to the sailing boat, all gardens labyrinth simbolize the ship cables and the strange symbols, engraved on the "obelischi", should be secret messages to whom who know the esoteric writing.

In this magic place nothing is like it seems....