Freemasons and architecture

[DID]

Hello everybody,
I watched a few days ago a broadcast in History channel.
It was about tunnels that have been dig in several americain cities and they speek about Philadelphia and how freemasons built the running water net in this town. It's interessting to see what these peoples have made for building America.
But the thing that touch me the most is all the signs they let in Architectura, in this tv program they show a map of Washington DC and streets are made in a sense that it look like a masonnic symbol, after that by simple curiosity I search for other Capitals and there is a few with the same symbolistic.
I'm not trying to make a thread to reveal any conspiracy or myth just to share my interest for some peoples that build a lot of famous building.
(they say king Salomon was the first freemason, who know...)

I think this is more instructiv than searching for crop circle or whatever...

1st example is Canberra capital of Australia

1-Is place with academy of science, music, art and finance.
2-Is war memorial.
3-Is Dept. of Defence.
4-Is Parlament house.

All this made the freemason compasses.
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc264/DID_DID/canberra.jpg

Enjoy I will make more seach with Google Earth and post more!

[INAT]

The devils work that Freemasonry the devils work.

[Holycrusader]

OFF topic section will be better for non military things...

But I found this thread interesting:)

[DID]

The devils work that Freemasonry the devils work.
Please try to let this thread interesting. No flame and conspiracy theory!

[Crna Strela]

Have a look at Rome and Washington - They also have masonic geometry.

If you dont spot it I can dig through my archives and post the pictures.

[DID]

Have a look at Rome and Washington - They also have masonic geometry.

If you dont spot it I can dig through my archives and post the pictures.
Yes i'm actually making research on Google Earth, what a wondeful tool. feel free to share.

[Firefly26]

Wow, I never noticed how the white house sits on the bottom tip of an inverted pentagram... could it be..... satan? you just gave me a good hour of google earth fun.

Edit: Here is something else that I found tin-foil hat crazy, but interesting.
http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/chapter3/

[DID]

Wow, I never noticed how the white house sits on the bottom tip of an inverted pentagram... could it be..... satan? you just gave me a good hour of google earth fun.

Edit: Here is something else that I found tin-foil hat crazy, but interesting.
http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/chapter3/

interesting one (I was speaking about it before) but I wont go so far...

[LongShot]

Please try to let this thread interesting. No flame and conspiracy theory!


Its very hard to bring up the Freemasons and not have someone with a tinfoil hat put in their 2 cents.

[DID]

Here Whasington, on history channel they were speaking about this, so I tried to make a copy to more close my memory allow, thx firefly26 you refresh my mind.

1-Is the capitol.
2-Washington monument.
3-The White House.
4-Lincoln memorial.
5-Jefferson memorial.
This give us the compass and pentagram two symbol of freemassons.

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc264/DID_DID/washington.jpg

[DID]

Brussel

Ok here it's so easy to find.
the Royal Palace and his garden.
1-Park Van Brussel (royal parc).
2-Royal palace of Brussel.
3-Royal square.
4-King Leopold II Statue.

Again the Compass...

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc264/DID_DID/brussel.jpg

[Firefly26]

I don't have time to list the buildings right now, but in Rome, The Piazza Del Popolo seems to mark the center point of the compass. In Paris, the Place Vauban, in front of Napolean's tomb is another.

[DID]

I don't have time to list the buildings right now, but in Rome, The Piazza Del Popolo seems to mark the center point of the compass. In Paris, the Place Vauban, in front of Napolean's tomb is another.
thank you I will check them

[szr]

There's a book all about this subject, and specifically about D.C. which I read maybe 5 years ago. I'll see if I can find it and give you a title and author.

Edit: Ovason, David. The Secret Architecture of Our Nation's Capital: The Masons and the Building of Washington, D.C.. New York: HarperCollins, 2000.

[DID]

Buenos Aires
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc264/DID_DID/buenosaires.jpg

I dont know much about this town but I found interessting places...
1-Piramida de mayo.
2-Buenos Aires obelisco.
3-Argentina congress.

Enjoy!

[California Joe]

I moved this thread here because it doesn't belong in General and it would immediately get destroyed in Off Topic. This is as close to a good fit on the board....:)

[CG51]

Here Whasington, on history channel they were speaking about this, so I tried to make a copy to more close my memory allow, thx firefly26 you refresh my mind.

1-Is the capitol.
2-Washington monument.
3-The White House.
4-Lincoln memorial.
5-Jefferson memorial.
This give us the compass and pentagram two symbol of freemassons.

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc264/DID_DID/washington.jpg

What landmarks are used for the points of the pentacle? Anyone can draw a pentacle on a map.

[Notlim]

there are many of those here, if you happen to visit Ottawa go to the Parlement around 9 pm and stand in front of the Peace Tower see how Ursa Major evolves around each season in a different spot but with the tower as a point of reference,,,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDP7wJJoL4w&feature=related

[the_hog]

There is always one who has to fcuk up a thread isnt there.:bash:

[DID]

First of all thank you California Joe :-)


What landmarks are used for the points of the pentacle? Anyone can draw a pentacle on a map.

well think what you want, I found that most of the points that form those draws are massonic places (pyramids, obeliscs, or famous massons memorials), and this thread is here only to show that we live in a civilized world because some peoples built it and left signature to remind it.
Thanks peoples to derail this thread, if you want to make fun go to Offtopic/humor section and make a thread about crop circle and childish drawning...

[CG51]

No, my question was serious, was not trying to derail thread.

The southwest point of the pentacle is a road intersection, does not seem to have any meaning and is not any landmark related to Freemason architecture. The White House I understand. What about the others I cannot make out?

The compass in the pic I quoted, OK, interesting.

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc264/DID_DID/buenosaires.jpg

This, there is a missing point, it's incomeplete.

This is an interesting thread, don't get me wrong, just trying to find out about the other points, if they were all Freemason buildings, landmarks, ect.


Regards.

[DID]

New Delhi is the most interesting I ever founded...

1-Connaught Place (India's second largest financial, commercial and business center).
2-Sikh Temple.
3-Windsor Place.
4-Mandi House chowk. Culture, art schools and museums area.
5-Parliament and Govt. offices, and Jaipur column.
6-India's Gate.
7-Motilal Nehru palace.
Blue lines surely form a Massonic compass.
Green line possible pentagram but not complete.

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc264/DID_DID/newdelhi.jpg

[monocone]

Very interesting.
thanks for your time.

[big_les]

I doubt that the apparent pentacle etc was intentional from a Freemasonic perspective. It's a regularised streetplan with converging roads - you could probably plot your name on it with not much difficulty. The symbols they left in architecture tend to be more subtle.

As for Solomon, or indeed anyone pre-C17th being a "Freemason", sorry, but no. Freemasonry developed out of the guilds of stonemasons of the renaissance period, as non-masons began to join and it became an esoteric gentleman's club. For this reason, straightforward stonemason's marks do not = Freemasonic symbols.

[DID]

I doubt that the apparent pentacle etc was intentional from a Freemasonic perspective. It's a regularised streetplan with converging roads - you could probably plot your name on it with not much difficulty. The symbols they left in architecture tend to be more subtle.

As for Solomon, or indeed anyone pre-C17th being a "Freemason", sorry, but no. Freemasonry developed out of the guilds of stonemasons of the renaissance period, as non-masons began to join and it became an esoteric gentleman's club. For this reason, straightforward stonemason's marks do not = Freemasonic symbols.
Yes sure I'm not saying it's the truth but I just made a personnal search on a subject I've heard a lot about and wanted to share what I found.. architectural structures of some cities are full of apparant or look like masonic symbol.

Btw I apologize for all the pictures I post in this thread they desapear all from my Photobucket page, this is sad because it took me a lot of time to do them. :-(

[ggk]

very interesting.

[DID]

Here I'm back!
This time I will speak about Roma, the eternal city!
1. "La piazza del popolo" famous for it Egyptian obelisk (Massonic symbol) link (http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_del_Popolo)
2. "Monumento a Camillo Cavour" Famous Italian Freemasson.
3. "Pizza di Spagna" Didnt found the massonic link.
4. "Monumento a Vittorio Emanuel II" His Prime Minister was : Camille Cavour!

http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/uu189/ditedonc/roma.jpg

[DID]

The point in my research is that I'm a fan of monuments and architecture. during trips and personnal research I founded as I sayed before that the freemasons who are in a large part the builders of our educate, scientific and modern world let us a lot of amazing things to discover inside the architecture of modern cities (post 1848 era for the most) and I'm happy to share this with everybody here so again, Enjoy!

1. Juan Galo Lavalle Place (one of the Independance leaders) and the Egyptian obelisk of Buenos Aires.
2. "Plaza de Mayo" central place of Buenos Aires where a lot of important building stand: National Bank, Ministery of Economy, Casa Rosada, Cathedral Metropolitana de Buenos Aires link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_Aires_Metropolitan_Cathedral), Buenos Aires City Hall, and in the middle of the place the "Pirámide de Mayo" link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pir%C3%A1mide_de_Mayo).
3. Buenos Aires headquarters for the state steel concern, Somisa. Built by Mario Roberto Álvarez link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Roberto_%C3%81lvarez).
4. Monument to Christoph Colombo.
http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/uu189/ditedonc/buenosaeres.jpg