Jocob’s Ladder

The Latin rendition of a phrase in Genesis (28:17), :’This is a terrible place’ the first part of the sentence spoken by Jacob after he had his vision of the ladder joining Heaven and Earth. The rest of the sentence is written on the arch of the porch: ‘It is the house of God and the gate of Heaven’. Just what was Saunière getting at or trying to imply?

An ariel view of Rennes-le-Château.