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Stop 9 of 11 on Blood on the Marble
Le Stinche — Five Centuries Under the Opera House
Piazza della Signoria, Florence
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"You're standing in front of the Teatro Verdi — a working opera house, where Florence stages Verdi and Puccini, tragedies sung by people in beautiful costumes. Under your feet, and under those foundations, are the bones of something much older and much sadder. This was the site of Le Stinche, Florence's central prison, and it locked people up on this ground for more than five hundred years."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
Tour Stops
Follow the full Blood on the Marble route.
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Duomo — Murder at the Altar
- 3 The Madonna de' Ricci — The Dung and the Shrine
- 4 Casa di Dante — Sentenced to the Fire
- 5 Piazza della Signoria — The Bonfire and the Burning
- 6 Loggia dei Lanzi — The Gallery of Murders
- 7 Palazzo Vecchio — Hanged from the Windows
- 8 The Bargello — The House of the Rope
- 9 Le Stinche — Five Centuries Under the Opera House
- 10 Santa Croce — The Tombs Are the Lives
- 11 The Reveal
Hear the full story at Le Stinche — Five Centuries Under the Opera House
This is just one of 11 stops on the Blood on the Marble tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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