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I agree with DG on this one ... look at my question here and your answer Bedstor and my reply  ! If more than one answers are appropriated, then the question was not well formulated. With all due respects Bedstor, Jenny had a good answer!
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| Posts: 6104 | Location: u.s.a, south Florida | Registered: 06-03-02 |    |
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The wallpaper museum Is correct  so #3 is solved And to shut up the rest of you And Point at the Doors of the Other Palaces of Exotic Tat here are some strong clues #1 Crime #2 Human and Animal parts  #4 Medical  (Perhaps the worst of the Lot?) #5 Baker/confectionary
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| Posts: 13170 | Location: 6 miles west of Wigan UK | Registered: 06-05-02 |    |
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| Posts: 17030 | Location: Lincoln Place, Granite City, IL, USA | Registered: 06-03-02 |    |
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Links to La Specolahttp://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/museum_of_natural_history.htmlNear the bottom are some pictures of some of the wax figures: "The Skinned Man", Anatomical wax study of the artery system. The wax collection, unique in the quantity and beauty of its pieces, was created in order to teach anatomy without having to directly observe a cadaver. The Waxen Bodies of La SpecolaLife-size anatomical wax reconstructions of bodies, plague victims and other unsavoury things are on display at the La Specola, the zoological section of the Natural History Museum in Florence. . The anatomical models were created between 1771 and 1850 by Florentine artisans using highly skilled and elaborate techniques. Over 1400 models were created, with the purpose of allowing the teaching of anatomy without perilous and unpalatable direct contact with corpses. Clinical, morbid and impeccably executed, the exhibits are a fascinating example of the skill and scientific knowledge of 18th and 19th-century anatomists. Among the curious highlights of a visit are the almost complete works of Gaetano Zumbo, a famous 17th-century Florentine ceroplasta, or waxworker, who among other things created a series of works entitled the Cere della Peste, three representations of bodies in the throes of the plague. There is also a model of a decomposing head, created with wax superimposed on a real human skull, and a collection of miniatures portraying the various stages of the ravages of syphilis. Some pictures of a few of the exhibits. Some very graphic pictures.
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| Posts: 17030 | Location: Lincoln Place, Granite City, IL, USA | Registered: 06-03-02 |    |
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Jenny, the only reason I answered this was to get it over and done with. Of course, I should have known that one of the question had multiple answers, and, if wallpaper and marzipan qualify as gruesome, it would not surprise me to find other "gruesome" museums in some of the other cities as well. (Florence has many museums, some dedicated to religious art. Some people would find depictions of a crucifixion rather gruesome. I guess the Florence question has dozens of answers, then.)
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| Posts: 17030 | Location: Lincoln Place, Granite City, IL, USA | Registered: 06-03-02 |    |
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