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"A sad discovery"

"A sad discovery,"
part 55 of the series
"Monster walls, mummies and mysteries"
of Walter-Jörg Langbein

objects by Father Crespi
collection - Photo : WJLangbein

We not place Pater Crespi collection left in the house, "have asserted brother porter at the main entrance of the Salesian monastery of Cuenca in Ecuador!. "Also, no metal plates?" I ask. The monk does not hide how painful it is for him to answer these questions. I Understanding. You have certainly made him very often. However, I further ask: "Where is because the collection of Father Crespi" deep sighs of clerical porter. "She was completely sold on the" Banco Central, "

And yet it is possible for me to photograph the monastery some of the mysterious metal objects. Nowhere are these pictures were ever published. Here I show the pictures on the blog for the first time! There are documents showing a sad discovery .... They testify artifacts trampled ... and today are perhaps gone forever!

Esteban Salazar, he is responsible for the "Banco Central" the "Crespi Collection" turns on. "Our bank has only the clay and stone objects acquired! Many of the metal objects would still be in your monastery, "Brother Porter promises to inquire. We may come back in a few hours. Together with William Dünnenberger and two other companions I stroll about the "Gaspar Sangurima" - and the "General Torres' Street.

from Crespi's collection
Photo WJLangbein

We enjoy the "Parque Maria Auxiliadora". It offers Rest in a dusty, dirty and noisy city. Here we have Father Crespi erected a monument. It commemorates the archaeologists and clergymen. Again and again lay flowers at the feet of natives of the monument. In this way they remember the priest who was one of them. In this way they express it, ten years after his death, still have their gratitude.

At the appointed time we will meet again at the monastery. Oh 'miracles, we are sunk! "It could still be metal plates Crespi collection ... somewhere in the monastery, "I said the brother porter. "Whether we may even see some of the artifacts?" The Friar stirred from. "If an object is ever so with us ... That has to decide Superior brother. "He would rule on our request. But that could take time. can

The Salesian porter not believe it: There are some German from distant Europe arrived to inspect only to Father Crespi but supposedly worthless collection. I ask: "Why did Father Crespi collected worthless junk metal and archaeological artifacts from clay and stone of immense value? Could not he between archaeological treasures and useless junk differ? Superior brother will answer my questions, because if he can spare time.

discovered by the author: Missing GE
believed artifacts from the Crespi collection
Photo: W. J.Langbein

hours of waiting followed. In the courtyard, I notice a statue of Mary. It is "the helpful mother of God", which gave the monastery its name. Three stories I see. Many windows can be identified. A rickety wooden staircase leads to each of these floors. And suddenly I'm a sad discovery ..... everywhere I see metal panels - often only a few millimeters thick - with strange motives. There are artifacts from the collection of Father Crespi. They were used by the friars to make repairs to stairs, walls, to floors.

At every step I follows a young monk. I point to one of the sheets. "Is that nods by Father Crespi Collection?" He. As I pull out my camera, I no longer prevails at the suddenly silent Salesians: "No photos" In the next few hours I am in the courtyard monitors back and forth, always on my guard!. And yet I manage to take some photos ... without looking through the lens, so to speak privately.

repeatedly I go up and down in the courtyard, climbed the stairs up some rotten .... go to past barred windows ....

The courtyard of the monastery - Photo: WJLangbein

being behind these windows Crespi those treasures that have been allegedly sold long ago to the "Banco Central" ... where, however, arrived only the ceramics and stone works? A monk tells me that wanted to see since Däniken "sowing and the cosmos" huge groups of travelers in the footsteps of the Swiss metal panels. They did with a note "Everything was in The bank sold! "fobbed off. The little trick had worked! Mischievous smile, the monk ....

are behind those doors .. or hiding some of them Crespi metal objects? Whenever I am closer to them, prevent my spies sent to me to approach to one of the windows. A sign at one of the doors referred to the late Father Crespi ... and his work for the poorest of the poor in Cuenca.

regard to Father Crespi
Photo WJLangbein

Hoping to get to see at least some of the metal panels Crespi, I visited the Salesian monastery of Cuenca. Was first denied that there are still metal artifacts in the monastery ... then added. I got to see just disappointing. A sad discovery I had to do ... Father Crespi in the people is almost revered as a saint. In "his monastery, but it appears his mysterious legacy in the true sense of the word feet.

Esteban Salazar is still hope. He will try to reconstruct a "collection Crespi" and make it publicly available. Will he succeed? I have my doubts! My secretly recorded Photos were 1992nd Almost twenty years later, Crespi artifacts that have been trampled, walked perhaps forever lost.

You can read a book ... and are sent on a long journey. 1972, I devoured Erich von Däniken's third world bestseller "sowing and the cosmos." 20 years later I was in Ecuador on the way ... on the trail of the mysterious collection of Father Crespi. Ten years after the death of a popular cleric threatened by Father Crespi collected metal objects disappear forever. Why not respected in the Salesian monastery of the heritage of the popular Crespi so much?

artifacts from Crespi's collection
be trampled
Photo WJLangbein

Are they really just worthless trash? Or are they part of a valuable treasure that was not found until now? Erich von Daniken, who pointed out this treasure in a giant cave system: Spinning or truth? I did some research .. I went in search of clues .... and I've found!

In Ecuador, perhaps the greatest archaeological treasures waiting to be discovered. So far no one has really made the search. Fear is in the established World of science unwelcome findings? In a week it goes on: this blog!

Copyright all photos: Walter-Jörg Langbein

"Searching for clues,"

part 56 of the series

"Monster walls, mummies and Mysteries "

of Walter-Jörg Langbein ,

released on 02/13/2011