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"You made it — from a murder at the altar all the way to a church full of the people this city couldn't quite kill off for good. That's the darker half of Florence, and you walked straight through it. Nicely done. Time to settle up, because along the way I slipped a few invented details into the true history, and I said I'd hand every one of them back."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
Tour Stops
Follow the full Blood on the Marble route.
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Duomo — Murder at the Altar
- 3 The Madonna de' Ricci — The Dung and the Shrine
- 4 Casa di Dante — Sentenced to the Fire
- 5 Piazza della Signoria — The Bonfire and the Burning
- 6 Loggia dei Lanzi — The Gallery of Murders
- 7 Palazzo Vecchio — Hanged from the Windows
- 8 The Bargello — The House of the Rope
- 9 Le Stinche — Five Centuries Under the Opera House
- 10 Santa Croce — The Tombs Are the Lives
- 11 The Reveal
Hear the full story at The Reveal
This is just one of 11 stops on the Blood on the Marble tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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