The labyrinth’s 384 marble triangles lead walkers from its center to the exit in the west. Giving this a little context, prior to the Reformation, the Catholic Church would often theorize that following his Crucifixion, Jesus descended into Hell whereupon he gathered the souls of all the good people, broke their bonds, and enabled them to go to heaven. Therefore, the labyrinth in Ravenna could be a representation of the individual’s decent into Hell or Purgatory, and with Ariadne’s thread, which was placed there by the Grace of God, they could hope to escape.
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