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Rome, The Capuchin Crypt

April 20, 2016

There’s more to the Via Veneto than La Dolce Vita. Come to the Capuchin Crypt for the ghoulish substance behind the Italian style … More Rome, The Capuchin Crypt

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Milan, Church of San Satiro

March 6, 2016

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

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Milan, Museo Civico Archeologico Part II

March 5, 2016

San Maurizio Maggiore, Milan’s Sistine Chapel, where beauty meets tranquility and a saint gets the ax. Featuring Bernardino Luini
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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

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