Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Some sacred grass
On the walking tour in Florence one of the stops was at the Santa Croche. This was the final burial place of Galileo. It was a fascinating building not only because of its size and art work, but because of who has their tombs there. It was a nice feeling to know that Galileo was finally recognized for his work and was given an appropriate burial spot. His daughter Maria Celeste had also been moved so that her casket rested alongside her fathers. Across the church laid Michelangelo's tomb. We concluded this section of the walking tour by trampling over some sacred grass.
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I thought it was so cool that they kept his daughter's body with his when they moved it. Also, it was cool to see the monument by his grave after reading about it. Furthermore, there was no sign declaring the grass was not be walked on. It was just a grumpy security lady.
ReplyDeleteWell given the apparent scarcity of plush grass within city limits it is quite understandable why people are not allowed on it. Similarly at the colosseum people, pets, food etc isn't allowed on the grass. I suppose this is one of the many cultural differences we will eventually come to appreciate.
ReplyDeleteThat's cools in all, but did you drive a Ferrari doe?
DeleteI didn't, you're welcome...
ReplyDeleteI also thought it was neat that even though they couldn't really prove that the other body was Maria Celeste, they moved the body with Galileo thinking it was hers anyways.
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