La Piagnona: The Church Bell with a Criminal Record
The Piagnona bell in Florence's San Marco Museum, with a dark history from the Renaissance, tells a lesser-known story of Girolamo Savonarola's influence on the city.
Florence is home to an old, banged-up church bell, with an impressive pedigree and a dark history known as the Piagnona. The story of this bell, and its subsequent criminal record is one of the most interesting, and yet obscure stories I’ve heard from the Renaissance.
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