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5 unusual facts about Montevarchi


Ernesto Burzagli

He is buried in a monumental tomb in the cemetery of Montevarchi.

Burzagli was from a noble family of Montevarchi, but was born in Modena, as his father had relocated there to assume a position as a professor of physics at the Military Academy of Modena.

Montevarchi

The poster for the exhibition is the original one made in 1819 by Georges Cuvier.

San Lorenzo main treasure is the Relic of The Holy Milk which, according to tradition, was given to Count Guido Guerra, Lord of Montevarchi, by Charles I of Naples on 26 February 1266 after the victorious Battle of Benevento when Guido Guerra successfully led a Guelph formation of heavy cavalry against an onslaught.

This so-called "collegiate church" was erected in 1561 by Pope Pius IV and the Grand Duke Cosimo de' Medici appointed Benedetto Varchi as the first magistrate of this church.


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