preciousandfregilethings:  artemisdreaming: Masonic Initiation Well in Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra - Portugal Carlos Caetano HERE Desciption and image from Fine Art America (10 World Staircases | featured R O’Brien):  ”This winding stone staircase can be found at the palace known as the “Palace of Monteiro the Millionaire”, from the nickname of its first owner, Antonio Augusto Carvalho Monteiro. The two Initian wells, descend into the ground like underground towers lined with stone stairs…