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Florence, Cimitero agli Allori

Florence, Cimitero agli Allori

March 14, 2016

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

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Pisa Camposanto Monumentale Cemetery

Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale

March 13, 2016

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

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Ugolino della Gherardesca devoured his children in Pisa

Pisa, The Other Tower of Pisa

March 11, 2016

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

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Florence, La Specola Part II

February 20, 2016

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

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Florence, La Specola Part I

February 19, 2016

Taxidermy galore in this silent zoo, one of the world’s oldest museums founded by the Grand Duke Leopold in 1775
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Pisa, The Leaning Tower

February 12, 2016

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
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Florence, Il Cimitero degli Inglesi

February 7, 2016

Burial place of the Romantic Era ex-pat amidst anchors, moths, knots and the ubiquitous ouroboros. Special mention to Arnold Bocklin and Adolf Hitler
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Florence, Santa Croce Part II

January 27, 2016

Tombs and cenotaphs continue. With special mention of Barsanti e Matteucci, the Pazzi conspiracy and the 1966 flood
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Florence, Santa Croce

January 25, 2016

The burial place of illustrious Florentines native and non. Girolamo Segato lies here.
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Lucca, San Frediano

October 31, 2015

Santa Zita lies here and she’s not a mummy, dummmy … More Lucca, San Frediano

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Cassandra’s travels

  • The Museo Galileo, Florence
  • Rome, Museo Storico Nazionale dell’Arte Sanitaria
  • Rome, The Museo Criminologico
  • Rome, Museo delle Anime del Purgatorio
  • Rome, The Capuchin Crypt

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