IN HOC SIGNO VINCES
A PERPETUO RICORDO DELLA
VITTORIA DEL CRISTIANESIMO
CONTRO IL PAGANESIMO
RIPORTATA IN VIRTÙ DELLA
CROCE NELLA VALLE
SOTTOSTANTE IN PRINCIPIO
DEL SECOLO IV
SUA MAESTÀ IL RE
VITTORIO EMANUELE III
MARCH. MEDICI SEN. DEL REGNO
CONT. CARLO E CONT. GIULIA
CAYS DI CASELETTE
At the beginning of the Valle of Susa, at the top of the Musinè there is a large cross that is 15 meters high. It was built in 1901 to commemorate the battle that took place there, in 312, between the Roman emperor of the Gallic and Hispanic provinces Gaio Flavio Valerio Aurelio Costantino, called Costantino il Grande (Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantine, called Constantine the Great), and the pagan Marco Aurelio Valerio Massenzio (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius).
The mountain is not only important for this battle, but it is also considered a magical place. According to a legend, before the era of Christianity, it was supposedly inhabited by gnomes, elves, benign and malignant spirits. Following the persecutions for witchcraft, with the advent of the Christian religion it became receptacle to witches, Sabbaths and demons.
Today there is a small metal plaque bearing a mysterious inscription right next to the cross. The text refers to the doctrine of Eugenio Siragusa, a man who says to have been in contact with extraterrestrial entities which gave birth to a curious cult, “la Fratellanza Cosmica” ("the Cosmic Brotherhood"). There are in fact several mysterious and legendary tales that occurred on Musinè: from the hypothetical headquarters of an alien base and various sightings of UFOs, to the presence of nocturnal fatal fires, by rivulets in which in some points the water would flow backwards in respect to the force of gravity, and also being the meeting place and collection of magical herbs for the masche (witches).
