"The growing influence of the society in the industrial century recently passed in the Upper Mantua has fostered the development of a practical and pragmatic mentality that turned out at the same time, more and more secular and profane. It has weakened, bringing it almost to death, the religious conception of the world, passed down through countless generations until early twentieth century , for which each period of the ' year and every hour of the day were regulated and sanctified by practices of worship . The sacred is not related only to the man in her relationship with the sky , but permeated the entire sensible reality, the earth and all living things [58] ." http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto_Mantovano
Cybrarian's note, If we follow the map of "Bernardino of Siena between Louis of Toulouse and Anthony of Padua, "by Pinturicchio."" in Google Earth, the hill is behind Bellagio and the rock structure with the tree growing out of the top should be on the western shore of Lago de Como on the Via Regina. Raphael holds the green book, Bona holds the red book and look closer in u'r viewer and see a bonfire camp meeting of the sixteenth century. Because of a peculiar weather pattern, square rigged sailboats were used on Lake Como.
