The portrait of a middle-aged man -- an oil-on-wood painting once used as a serving tray -- is likely the image of Leonardo da Vinci done by the hand of the master himself, says a panel of experts, including a Calgary art historian.
A baker's dozen of scientists and David Bershad, an art history professor at St. Mary's University College in south Calgary, are all in agreement. The image of a man with blue eyes, long greying hair and a moustache appears to be a self-portrait of the Renaissance artist and inventor.


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Found in a church in Pietragalla was the fresco of Jesus besides an American cactus, which was strangely from the 13th century.
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“Gl’inni Arms” is the coat of arms of the Gl’inni family from Acerenza. It sits above the entrance of the antique Glinni building. This symbol is the same one as the O’Connor clan, Dun of Glengiven; called O’Connor Glinni Gaimen.
"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." John Muir
The last non-Christian Roman Emperor who was placed on the steeple of the Acerenza Cathedral in place of a cross was Julian the Apostate. It was only noticed and taken down in the 1930s. He who opposed Christianity, towered over the Acerenza cathedral as a reminder of Paganism, which he vowed to restore. An image of the Acerenza steeple appears in the book by Filiberto Campanile
The Cave of Saint Antuono preceding the Knights Templar, in Oppido Lucano near Acerenza.
***La grotta di Sant’Antuono in precedenza dei templari, sita in Oppido Lucano, vicino Acerenza.




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