The Torture Museum, a thrilling place in Siena
Posted on 30. Jun, 2017 by admin in Archive, Culture
One of the places rarely mentioned in travel guides and in the top 10 attractions to see in Siena is the Museum of Torture.
Perhaps it depends from the topic, but we think that is a museum with a significant emotional impact that testify the role of torture during centuries, because even the most cruel and bloody aspects of history deserve to be known.
This museum, located near Piazza del Campo, at the Chiasso del Bargello, houses more than 100 tools used over the centuries to inflict pain and death, as well as engravings, prints and vintage paintings related to this topic.
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If you have never seen close-up instruments of torture such as the Nuremberg’s Virgin, the Ghigliottina, the Stiramento School, the Inquisitor’s Chair, and the Casting Belt, this museum is the most unique opportunity rare to understand how human ingenuity You can also express yourself in designing objects that have as their sole purpose the amplification of the pain of the bad.
Horror movie enthusiasts will probably be surprised to discover the variety of exposed machinery ranging from medieval tools to others made in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, to the philological reconstructions dating back to the nineteenth and twentieth century, with older equipment.
The Museum of Torture allows, in other words, to embark on a chilling path to the discovery of the tools of capital execution, torture and public ludibles that for many centuries have been legally used.
One of the objectives of the exhibition is to divulge the knowledge of the instruments of torture and to remind the aberrations that man is capable of when he chooses to intentionally cause suffering to other human beings.
Among other bizarre exposed objects, you will be able to see the Eretic Fork, Baccanaro Piffero, Scratchcake and Spanish Rags, mysterious names that do not fully understand the function for which they were created.
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In the museum you will find explanatory leaflets and illustrations to find out more about the origins of the various machines.
There are also other museums of this type in Tuscany, each featuring different collections, so if you want to shiver even more, you could jump in San Gimignano, Montepulciano, Volterra and Lucca, where other Torture and Penalty Museums are located of death.
To visit Siena, we recommend that you visit the official website www.torturemuseum.it/en/permanent-museums/siena/, the opening hours are from 10:00 to 19:00 daily, the cost of the ticket is 10 €. For further information, call +39 0577 41999.
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If you want join a unusual cultural tour, don’t miss a stop at the Museum of Torture in Siena, we are sure you will be impressed.
