Florence, Cimitero agli Allori
Don’t go out of your way to come here, but if you happen to be outside Florence in the Galluzzo area stop by to see where the ex-pat community that was now is. … More Florence, Cimitero agli Allori
Don’t go out of your way to come here, but if you happen to be outside Florence in the Galluzzo area stop by to see where the ex-pat community that was now is. … More Florence, Cimitero agli Allori
Pisa’s Campo dei Miracoli is made up of several monuments: the Duomo itself, the Leaning Tower, the Baptistery, the Museo delle Sinopie and the Camposanto. Of all this intensely touristy area, the only place where you’ll get some ghoulish peace and quiet is in the Camposanto, a rather lovely spot that is largely overlooked by … More Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale
There is more than one famous tower in Pisa, or at least there’s a tower so infamous for the ghoulish thing that happened there that even Dante mentioned it in his Divine Comedy … More Pisa, The Other Tower of Pisa
The Church of San Satiro displays front and center one of the best lies in architectural history, a hoax so beautiful and so convincing that people come in droves just to be taken in. It’s pure mathematics, or maybe since this is a church, it’s a miracle. … More Milan, Church of San Satiro
San Maurizio Maggiore, Milan’s Sistine Chapel, where beauty meets tranquility and a saint gets the ax. Featuring Bernardino Luini
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There’s not much left of Milan’s Roman amphitheater and little to see in the Antiquarium (not to be confused with the aquarium.) But it’s a quiet green area space and Alda Levi’s personal history is food for thought. … More Milan, The Roman Amphitheater
Milan’s archeology museum, where Cassandra discovers the faded, illegible beauty of defixiones, or curse tablets … More Milan, Museo Civico Archeologico
The church of San Bernardino alle Ossa, San Bernardino by the Bones, has an ossuary that is a vertical, open air cemetery, covered floor to ceiling in human bones. But whose? … More Milan, San Bernardino alle Ossa