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28 May 1882, when Florence Said Goodbye to the Piazza Della Guillotine

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Florence, May 27, 2026 If today someone asked for information on where to find and how to reach the Old Square in the center of Florence, few would know how to answer. Yet, once, everyone knew where it was. And everyone knew it because it was sadly known. In fact, during the Napoleonic era, during the French domination, in this same square from 1799 to 1814 there was the gillotine gallows, tragically called the widow, because killing many men an…
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Florence, May 27, 2026 If today someone asked for information on where to find and how to reach the Old Square in the center of Florence, few would know how to answer. Yet, once, everyone knew where it was. And everyone knew it because it was sadly known. In fact, during the Napoleonic era, during the French domination, in this same square from 1799 to 1814 there was the gillotine gallows, tragically called the widow, because killing many men an…

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lanazione.it broke the news in Bologna, Italy on Thursday, May 28, 2026.
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