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used the lake and its inhabitants to tell about the dive to the centre of the earth. The description of the system of underwater pathways from the surface towards the centre of the earth might have been inspired by Plato's dialogues
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were gaining more power. From the outside, the low roof of the chapel is striking. It is modeled on a
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lived in the lake and bestowed people with her guidance, danced, sang, and played with them at night.
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