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Who Built The Mysterious Pyramid Of The French Riviera?
- Mysterious Universe
- Micah Hanks
Along the French Riviera, close to the town of Falicon, stands one of the most curious monuments found anywhere in Europe.
Built from small, roughly-shapen limestone slabs, a topless, ruined pyramid can be seen rising amidst the foliage on the hill of Mont Chauve just outside Nice. The strange ruins, portions of which were likely removed over the years for use in the construction of homes nearby, sits directly over the entrance to a cave, known locally as la bauma die ratapignata (The Cave of the Bats), which may once have been sealed off with a heavy door or other fabricated entrance.
One might ask what is truly so “strange” or mysterious about this ancient pyramid, which, in truth, rather than having been built by Roman occultists practicing the ancient ways of Egypt, in likelihood dates back to the early or middle part of the nineteenth century. Artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti had, in fact, written about the karstic cave beneath the site in around 1803, but had made no mention of the idyllic structure (that is, in the sense of being picturesque) which sits above. Numerous tour guides of the region do list the site, however, dating back to the middle 19th century.
Reposted with permission
