The "well" is 27 meters deep with 135 steps. It has 9 levels and a maze of tunnels leading off from the bottom.
Mason initiation well in Sintra, Portugal
The "well" is 27 meters deep with 135 steps. It has 9 levels and a maze of tunnels leading off from the bottom.
30 Comments
Lembot_0006@programming.dev · 27 pts · 221d
And how did it work? Any new mason should build a new section? Or they just threw bad masons down in the well?
witty_username@feddit.nl · 18 pts · 221d
roguetrick@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 221d
Well you'd have to become an apprentice mason to find out.
mrfriki@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 221d
That was for that other cult, the stonemasons.
sukhmel@programming.dev · 2 pts · 221d
Afaik, they led an initiate down and left to find an exit at night without light or something like that. Maybe they went down the stairs on their own, too
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 221d
Mason initiation? Is this a cult reference?
einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 221d
essell@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 221d
That's numberwang!
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 221d
It's where Masons were initiated. I couldn't find out much more. I have a friend here who's a Mason and asked him about it. He said he didn't know anything about it. (or wouldn't tell me)
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 221d
As in like, stonemasons?
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 16 pts · 221d
Nah just dudes named "Mason". On their 18th birthday some shadowy people come to abduct them to take them here. Usually the Masons survive, but not always.
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 221d
They originally started as stone masons but evolved into a secret club kind of group.
pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 221d
Like Freemason?
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 221d
Yeah, they're basically the same as Masons.
dexa_scantron@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 221d
This landmark was featured in The Golden Enclaves, the third book in Naomi Novak's wonderful Scholomance trilogy.
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 221d
The whole property is very unique.
baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 221d
a deadly education wasn't that enjoyable to me. i don't know why, the end of the book definitely sets up new mysteries and unknowns, but all in all i found the book fairly ehhh. i don't think I'll be continuing the series.
dexa_scantron@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 221d
Oh, I loved it. I've read all three twice. But no book is for everyone! That's why there are so many different books. :)
baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 221d
indeed. maybe it's because I'm a guy and need to be pandered to, when scholomance appears to me a bit balanced but maybe a bit more aimed at woman. i guess I'm a chud.
Usernamealreadyinuse@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 221d
For more info
https://www.quintadaregaleiratickets.com/initiation-well/
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 221d
And then the story about Templar Knights using it?
e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 221d
Wikipedia has some more info. I read it as, a couple of Freemasons where cosplaying as Knights Templar and built this for their rituals.
skozzii@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 221d
I should build one of these on my land, how expensive could it be?
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 221d
I was under the impression it called itself an 'underground tower'.
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 221d
I heard it refered to as an inverted tower.
BiteSizedZeitGeist@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 221d
The protagonist in Annihilation called it a tower too, even though everyone else thought of it as a tunnel
scytale@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 221d
I was gonna mention this as well! This is how I imagined the “tower” looks like.
whitecollarcry@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 221d
mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 221d
Wander can't ride Agro down there, so you're gonna have to go in on foot.
Ach@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 221d
Did you see the news about Levithian waking off the coast of Virginia? Let's go climb him bro.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 221d
I dunno... Are we gonna stab him in his glowing magical weak point?
ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 221d
I saw the green outline and thought this was some sort of Batman/Bane kind of deal where you get chucked in there and have to make some incredibly difficult climbs to get out.
Then I saw the people inside the walls