THE HOLY PAIL

THE HOLY PAIL

Genoa

Museo del Tesoro della Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, Piazza San Lorenzo

One of the most famous Medieval legends is that of the Holy Grail. Well, in Genoa there is the Holy Pail! It is told that the troops of Guglielmo Embriaco, entering Caesarea at the end of an assault, found the one and only plate used by Jesus for the Last Supper. The war bootie was yearned by many, but none definitively took it away form Genoa. They say that even the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V didn’t manage to seize it. Why don’t you try?
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