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A vice, used to hold a severed head for student “doctors” to examine the contents...C16 or so, in the School for Surgeons of the Old Pistoia Hospital. The facade at the beginning of this posting is also of the hospital illustrating the various services provided. We also learned that hospitals were originally places of ‘hospitality’ for pilgrims.

Florence and Tuscany

March 20th 2018
Fast train from Naples (the first place so far we were glad to be out of) to Florence or Firenze. There we set ourselves a hectic schedule as we only had 2 full days, barely able to dent the surface of all Florence has to offer. Largely as a result of the Medici family (both loved and hated here, could be referred to as Italy’s first Mafia family) many great talents like Michelangelo, Da Vin ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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