The Quest for the Holy Grail – Valencia, Spain
Becky | August 31, 2006 12:00 amI suppose that Chris and I now know something that Monty Python and Dan Brown do not. T
he Holy Grail is alive and well in the cathedral of Valencia Spain built in 1355 (it’s the oldest church I have ever seen!). I saw it with my own eyes. It is actually sanctioned by the Pope, THE Pope in Rome Pope. How come I did not learn this with my 12 years of catholic education? Hmm, maybe I did and I forgot. Shhh don’t tell my Mom. She is already upset I can’t remember all the Holy days. Ok so there it was in this side chapel of this church. It was in it’s own golden sacristine with lights beaming on it and sat on an altar. Around that was all this gothic sculpture and behind that pews and to the left of that a teenager constantly playing church music loudly on this pipe organ. There was a faint smell of incense in the room and I actually felt guilty gawking and trying to take pictures. It was crazy cool. So, now we just need to get the word out so everybody can stop questing after it.
4 Responses to “The Quest for the Holy Grail – Valencia, Spain”
i saw that one before, i always thought that it might have been it, theoreticaly, it is very possible it could be it
Haven’t seen that one yet! Looks awesome though. Can’t wait.
thats not it. the quest continues. im off to somerset.
The Holy Grail that is in Valencia was brought from Rome in the 3rd century due to the persecutions to the Crhistians, it’s made of Agatha Stone, probably in a workshop of Palestina, Siria or Alexandria between the 4º century b.C. and the 1st century a.C. It was also the origin of the famous medieval epic story of “Parsifal” that spoke about the holy grail, and this story was spread all over Europe. The most famous is the King Arthur’s version, in England.
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