The mystery of "Arcadian Shepherds" Poussin

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Settling on the Gallic lands sikambry, in particular, have made one of its centers management of the territory later Lorraine, in particular, Ark. - the area is clearly associated in the minds of Arcadia - the legendary place of origin. The famous painter Nicolas Poussin write here, in Rennes-le-Chateau - his "Arcadian" paintings, which will be repeated continuously mysterious division "ET IN ARCADIA EGO", the same hinting at some "underground secrets" or "underground river of knowledge", located in the arch. The story of these patterns is complicated and inexplicable: how to know the most famous of them - "Arcadian shepherds" - was written on the personal request of Cardinal Richelieu. Later, Louis XIV was a lot of work to get that cloth. Painting 20 years stayed in his inner calm, and showed it to King-Sun only the most approximate. It is believed that the Louvre exhibited a copy of the "Arcadian Shepherds", and genuine cloth, hiding secrets, is in a safe place.
According to some researchers, Nicolas Poussin was a Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Templar, a Masonic organization, borrowed the name of the medieval Order of the Crusaders conquered Jerusalem and considered the guardians of the Holy Grail.