Emilia-Romagna

Places in this region

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

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

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