I.T.I.S. Montani Fermo

Antoine de la Sale and The Sybil

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The Sybil and Antoine de la SaleThe Sybil and Antoine de la Sale

The LifeThe Adventure

The Entrance of the Cave

Antoine de la Sale’s life

Antoine de la Sale was born in 1388 and spent part of his life in Italy. During his life he chose to desert his sword to devote himself to literature. He worked for the Borgogna’s duchess Agnese; she asked De La Sale to go to Italy to investigate about the story of the Sybil.

The adventure Part. 1

The French writer said that he didn’t go inside the cave, perhaps out of fear, or maybe because he felt that it was not good to enter into a paradise of demonic reputation, but it describes in details the entrance.

The entrance

Antoine de la Sale affirms that there is a rock in front of the entrance and the one who wants to enter the cave has to bend and walk until reaching a squared room, where everything around is carved into the rock, building up “seats”.

The adventure Part. 2

He said that those who wanted to go inside the cave had to overcome a lot of obstacles like:

• Overcoming some steel doors that beat day and night without stopping;

• Resisting to a strong wind that trail everyone who tries to go through the entrance;

• Crossing a very tight bridge above a dangerous river.