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San Gimignano, Italy

The Museum of Medieval Torture

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

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San Gimignano, Italy

Towers of San Gimignano

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

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Volterra, Italy

Cimitero di San Finocchi

Abandoned cemetery of the former Psychiatric Hospital of Volterra.

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9 miles from San Gimignano

Volterra, Italy

Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

9 miles from San Gimignano

Museo Anatomico at University of Siena

Contains some of the world's more disturbing wax anatomical models.

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16 miles from San Gimignano

St. Catherine of Siena's Severed Head

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

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17 miles from San Gimignano

Stabilimenti, Italy

Devil's Valley

Once an ancient Roman bath, now a hotbed of geothermal energy and a hub for energetic innovations.

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17 miles from San Gimignano

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Rome Behind Locked Doors: Music, Magic, and Secret Crypts

Apr 1—Apr 7, 2019

Explore beneath Rome's streets and behind its locked doors to see a Rome that tourists rarely experience—magical, strange, and filled with legend.

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