Emilia-Romagna

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Image of Relics in the Basilica of San Dominico located in Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Relics in the Basilica of San Dominico

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics

This celebrated baroque Basilica is quite large, and as one wanders the echoing church they will find a number of relics sprinkled throughout. The relic of St. Dominic is found in the form of... »

Relics and Reliquaries | Edited by Dylan and Annetta

Image of Bologna Zoological Museum located in Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Bologna Zoological Museum

This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet

Monkeys with bared teeth and wild eyes, lumpy looking cheetahs, and a toothy looking polar bear are all residents of the delightfully unkempt Bologna Zoological Museum. Ferrets lay in taxonomic... »

Museums and Collections, Wonder Cabinets, Natural History | Edited by Dylan and Annetta

Image of Bologna's Instituti di Anatomia Umana Normale located in Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Bologna's Instituti di Anatomia Umana Normale

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models

You know you are in for something unique as you walk down a hall lined from end to end with skulls. Housed in a historic building at the oldest still-operating university in the world, the... »

Medical Museums, Unique Collections | Edited by Dylan and Henry