As remembered by a memorial tablet on the facade, Domenico Barduzzi lived and died on February 27, 19291, in this house of Siena (via S. Martino, 31).
View of the front side of Domenico Barduzzi’s home
Memorial tablet of Domenico Barduzzi
The Italian inscription reads as follows: “IN QUESTA CASA / CHE NE VIDE LE LABORIOSE VIGILIE / SI SPEGNEVA / IL XXVII FEBBRAIO MCMXXIX-VII / DOMENICO BARDUZZI / MAESTRO INSIGNE / DI / DERMOSIFILOPATIA / DERMATOLOGIA / STORIA DELLA MEDICINA / [MCMXXXIX-XVII]”2(In this home, that saw his laborious vigils, died, on XXVII February MCMXXIX-VII, Domenico Barduzzi, eminent professor, of, dermosyphilopathy, dermatology, history of medicine, MCMXXXIX-XVII).
Today the memorial tablet is almost illegible.
- Photos and main text by Margherita Grazi and Martina Strangio (November 2016)
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