If you’re in Florence on vacation and love to visit attractions with an element of weirdness then be sure to visit La Specola, a fascinating zoology and natural history museum beside Pitti Palace.
This houses many fossils, stuffed animals and wax replicas of human anatomy; a lot of which was originally sponsored and collected by the Medici family.
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Tour around 34 intriguing display rooms in La Specola. 24 of which are related to zoology and ten to wax displays of human anatomy.
This houses many fossils, stuffed animals and wax replicas of human anatomy; a lot of which was originally sponsored and collected by the Medici family.
Choose from a range of villa rentals in Florence and the surrounding area where you can relax and soak up the scenery after a few days of culture in the city.
Tour around 34 intriguing display rooms in La Specola. 24 of which are related to zoology and ten to wax displays of human anatomy.
Gory displays can be seen of what a victim would have look like during the stages of contracting the deadly black plague that swept through Florence in 1348 and descriptions of the horrific history during this time.
Another room in La Specola is the ‘Tribune of Galileo’ which was designed in 1841.
It’s filled with many of the instruments Galileo used when making his famous discoveries along with beautiful frescoes on the walls depicting scenes from his life.
Another room in La Specola is the ‘Tribune of Galileo’ which was designed in 1841.
It’s filled with many of the instruments Galileo used when making his famous discoveries along with beautiful frescoes on the walls depicting scenes from his life.
See an actual stuffed hippo that was a pet of the Medici family in the 17th century! It was allowed to roam through the Boboli gardens, adjacent to the Medici residence of Pitti Palace and was fed and treated just like a pet dog!
Tourists are guaranteed to leave La Specola with a new sense of wonder for the animal kingdom and the many species that evolved within it.
So why not plan a fascinating visit here on your next cultural holiday to Florence in Tuscany!
Tourists are guaranteed to leave La Specola with a new sense of wonder for the animal kingdom and the many species that evolved within it.
So why not plan a fascinating visit here on your next cultural holiday to Florence in Tuscany!
Photo credits
picture 1: Francesco51 / CC BY-SA 3.0;
picture 2: Daderot / CC BY-SA 3.0;
picture 3: Sailko / CC BY-SA 3.0
picture 1: Francesco51 / CC BY-SA 3.0;
picture 2: Daderot / CC BY-SA 3.0;
picture 3: Sailko / CC BY-SA 3.0
