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Renaissance

Fresco ceilings

Albi Cathedral

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

The Cage of Shame

Levoča, Slovakia

Levoča Cage of Shame

Too much gossip or just missing curfew could land you in here for a couple of days.

Florence, Italy

Michelangelo's Hidden Drawings

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The Scandalous Zines of Renaissance England

Broadsides were the Facebook posts and tweets of their day.

Natalie Zarrelli July 26, 2016

Leonardo Da Vinci Was a Wedding Planner

He really was a Renaissance man.

Bob Eckstein July 13, 2016

Casa del Petrarca

Arquà Petrarca, Italy

Casa del Petrarca (Petrarch House Museum)

A modest museum in the final home of Italian poet and father of modern Italian, Francesco Petrarca.

Florence, Italy

Ospedale degli Innocenti (Hospital of the Innocents)

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.