Freemasonry:when was it born?

Initiation rite in Freemasonry

Founded in France in the 1700s, Freemasonry it had an initiatory character and was based on profoundly and radically anti-absolutist and anticlerical principles.

The use of symbols was inherent in its structure and the repetition of rituals, characteristics that also became typical of similar organizations that arose after it and that drew considerable ideas and different inspirations from it.

Members were surrounded by secrecy more extreme, which is why, even today, it is difficult to study and fully understand its essential components and connotations.

Internal life, propaganda and action in the Masonic sphere were marked by the frequent use of symbols and ciphers.

Florence in the 1500s:"Air Conditioning" at Palazzo Pitti

The blacksmith who betrayed Louis XVI

Cannibalism
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When did Polish women start wearing pants?
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