Documentary: THE MYSTERY OF SAINT NILO

We will follow A.S.S.O. and the Underground Research Centre EGERIA through the underground passages and tunnels of the San Nilo Abbey in Grottaferrata in an exploration that as its main purpose, has the surveying, documenting and reconstructing of the underground structures of the architectonic complex. Built on the ruins of a majestic Roman villa, the central part was made up by a low building in “opus quadratum”, formerly a sepulchral cell of the Republican era, readapted from the Vth century as a Christian oratory. It had double iron grating at the windows, from which was drawn the name of the surrounding area, called Cryptaferrata [then Grottaferrata]. But the research, of a scientific-character, could also lead to unexpected findings; to date, in fact, no one has yet found the small silver coffin that preserves the mortal remains of the Saint….

• Selected in Competition at the International Exhibition of the Archaeological Cinema held in Rovereto 2007

DV 4:3 / Duration: 30 minutes / Authors: NICOLETTA RETICO, MASSIMO D’ALESSANDRO / Producers: MARIA TERESA PILLONI, MARIO MAZZOLI / Photograpy: MARCO CAMPOLUNGO / Music: FLIPPER MUSIC EDITION / Director: MASSIMO D’ALESSANDRO

~ by Amministratore on 4 July 2009.