We visited this medieval town in a day-trip from Firenze. The town is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese river and is famous for its ancient hospital, the Ospedale del Ceppo, where we got a private guided tour from a local girl in the underground part of the hospital. During the tour, the construction phases of the hospital were explained as well as its relationship with the city during different periods of history. They used to dispose the medical pottery into the river. Then we went up back and visited the Anatomy Amphitheatre of the hospital, which has been perfectly preserved since its founding in 1785 and the Medical Academy Room “Filippo Pacini,” which houses a remarkable collection of surgical instruments from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. We obviously developed quite a bit of hunger which we treated by some cold horse meat at the Piazza del Duomo.
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| hello, wake up! (Anatomy Amphitheatre) |
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| The old pottery disposal place. I wonder if there are some Yersinia pestis bacteria still alive.. |
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