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5 unusual facts about Montevarchi


Ernesto Burzagli

He is buried in a monumental tomb in the cemetery of Montevarchi.

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Burzagli was from a noble family of Montevarchi, but was born in Modena, as his father had relocated there to assume a position as a professor of physics at the Military Academy of Modena.

Montevarchi

The poster for the exhibition is the original one made in 1819 by Georges Cuvier.

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San Lorenzo main treasure is the Relic of The Holy Milk which, according to tradition, was given to Count Guido Guerra, Lord of Montevarchi, by Charles I of Naples on 26 February 1266 after the victorious Battle of Benevento when Guido Guerra successfully led a Guelph formation of heavy cavalry against an onslaught.

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This so-called "collegiate church" was erected in 1561 by Pope Pius IV and the Grand Duke Cosimo de' Medici appointed Benedetto Varchi as the first magistrate of this church.


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