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Casa-Museo Vaccà Berlinghieri

The family house of Francesco Vaccà Berlinghieri and his son, Andrea, in Montefoscoli hosts a beautiful museum dedicated to the memory of this family of physicians and surgeons. Normally, it can only be visited on Sundays1.

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The nearby Temple of Minerva Medica is depicted in the pottery.

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Alongside Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieri’s surgical instruments, you can see copies of his publications.

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There are also two portraits of Francesco and Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieri

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… and also one of Sofia Caudeiron, Andrea’s wife.

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Bibliography

– Antonio Alberti, Casa-Museo Vaccà Berlinghieri e Museo della Civiltà Contadina di Montefoscoli, Felici Editore, Ghezzano (PI) 2009, pp. 45

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