The beauty of natural stone in private residences
January 20, 2023
The Latin expression "nec plus ultra," which has been in use since the early 18th century, has its origins in Roman mythology.
It appears in the twelve labors of Hercules, when the hero separates Europe from Africa during his tenth feat. By striking the ground, Hercules causes an earthquake that leads to the formation of two rock pillars in Gibraltar, known as the Pillars of Hercules.
This place seemed to him to be the edge of the world, so he engraved "nec plus ultra," meaning "the boundary on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar must not be crossed," partly as a warning to sailors not to travel beyond the edge of the known world. The original meaning of the expression has evolved into the concept of perfection; it is necessarily perfect because it cannot go any further!
