Parati Favorite Tips by Mazely

Favorite thing: Some time ago, reading books about Rennes-le-Chateau and so on, and mainly after Dan Brown's success with Da Vinci Code, I had the idea of becoming rich by spawning the thesis that the Holy Grail is in Paraty right now. It has more to do with the irony of Umberto Eco's "Foucault's Pendule", that I love, than with Da Vinci Code.
Well, facts to consider: 1 - France crushed the Temple. Some of the templars ran away, and they went to UK and to Portugal, where the king created a new religious order, the Cross Chevalry. Their simble was the cross of the templars, which they put in the ships that went to America. The king himself was member of the Order. If the templars took the Grail to Portugal, what would be the best place to hide it? America, of course.

Fondest memory: 2 - Paraty was the main port from where the gold left Brasil to Europe. There was an intense presence of English masons in the city, fact that can be proved by the masonry drawings in the houses columns, even today.
3 - There's a legend (very well documented) that tells that there's a snake (a blood chain?) coming from the sea, and the head of the snake is above the althar of the Matriz Church. The symbolism of the "snake" is explained in "The Holy Grail", the book that started all this.
4 - Part of Brasil Emperial family lives in Paraty until today. Brasil Emperial family (Orleans and Bragance) is also hair of French throne, since the granddaughter of Princess Isabel (the one who freed the slaves) married the Count of Paris.

That's it. Someday I'll write the story and get a lot of money. :-)