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Father Crespi
Father Crespi
Father Crespi
In the World Explorers Club magazine, David Hatcher Childress has added a photographic section on Father Crespi at the end of the 'Metal Library of
Atlantis' article.
Father Crespi
The enigmatic
Crespi plate.
Magyar?
Sanskrit? Pali?
Father Crespi
Salesian Padre Carlos Crespi Croci, born in Italy in 1891, dedicated his life to Ecuador from 1923 to 1982.
Educator, anthropologist, botanist, artist, explorer, cinematographer, humanitarian and musician, his unfathomable wealth of talents and benevolence served and
illuminated rich and poor alike, in recognition of which an impressive sculpture to his memory was erected in Cuenca, his adopted city, by an adoring populace.
After meeting Padre Crespi (see photo) in 1975-76, presbyterian-raised Stan Hall declared to a friend,
If ever I felt I'd been in the presence of a Saint it was Padre Crespi!
Father Crespi
Father Crespi
Father Crespi
Many may not be familiar with what we call the Crespi Collection, but it was/is one of the more amazing collection of artifacts from South & Central America that has
every been brought together.
Father Carlos Crespi was a Silesian-monk who lived in Ecuador. He did missionary work among the Indian population in remote valleys during his lifetime.
Crespi received or bought many artifacts from the indigenous people in Ecuador.
When questioned, they told him they had found them in subterranean cave systems in the jungles. As time progressed, many of these relics were brought together
and kept in the courtyard of the church Maria Auxiliadora.
Unfortunately, many of the artifacts were destroyed in a fire in 1962 or later when the church was restored. Also, many were lost or wound up with treasure hunters.
After Father Crespi passed away, the remaining artifacts of the original collection were removed and made inaccessible to the public. Some may still be stored in the
cellar archive of the church Maria Auxiliadora.
The age and origin of these items is still unknown today. Father Crespi never tried to classify them. The picture motifs are strange, their meaning not understood.
These objects show the pictures of an unknown culture.
Were they left by unknown civilizations?
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Father Crespi
The most well known pieces are tablets made of silver, gold foil or other alloys with unknown letters and mysterious symbols.
Father Crespi