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
Luxury, beauty and gore live side-by-side in this truly remarkable collection. with special mention of Gaetano Zumbo and Clemente Susini … More Florence, La Specola Part II
Taxidermy galore in this silent zoo, one of the world’s oldest museums founded by the Grand Duke Leopold in 1775
… More Florence, La Specola Part I
Galileo tested his balls and you test yours in the climb up this seriously tippy tower. With special mention of Rusticello da Pisa and Marco Polo, the man not the game
… More Pisa, The Leaning Tower
Burial place of the Romantic Era ex-pat amidst anchors, moths, knots and the ubiquitous ouroboros. Special mention to Arnold Bocklin and Adolf Hitler
… More Florence, Il Cimitero degli Inglesi
Tombs and cenotaphs continue. With special mention of Barsanti e Matteucci, the Pazzi conspiracy and the 1966 flood
… More Florence, Santa Croce Part II
The burial place of illustrious Florentines native and non. Girolamo Segato lies here.
With special mention of Antonio Meucci … More Florence, Santa Croce
Santa Zita lies here and she’s not a mummy, dummmy … More Lucca, San Frediano
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