Shadows of the Renaissance: A Guide to Florence's Dark Side
April 26, 1498, marks a pivotal moment of terror in Florence when Girolamo Savonarola was hanged and burned in the Piazza della Signoria. As a paranormal investigator, I have stood in that square and felt the lingering atmospheric pressure of the “Bonfire of the Vanities,” where thousands of luxury items, books, and artworks were incinerated under the direction of a fanatical friar. The psychic imprint of such mass hysteria and public execution remains etched into the stone of the city center.