Thank you to Debra Kolka who writes this excellent blog. She gives us a little history of a little devil you’ll see if you keep your eyes open in Florence.
I had written about similar objects that are to be found in Venice, and I wonder if there is some connection between the little critters?
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I have passed the little devil in Via degli Strozzi many times without really taking much notice.
Once I discovered more after reading about it in Secret Florence, I became much more interested.
The insolent little devil keeping watch over the corner is a bronze by Giambologna (1529 – 1608 ). It was commissioned by Bernado Vecchetti to commemorate a mysterious incident in Florence.
In 1425 a Dominican friar was preaching against heresy in Piazza del Mercato ( now Piazza della Repubblica ) when a startled black horse ran into the square.
The friar realised it was a ruse by the Devil to distract his listeners and raised his hand to make a sign of the cross over the satanic beast. The beast withdrew and disappeared around the corner of Palazzo Vecchietti, leaving nothing but a plume of smoke and a smell of sulphur.
Look up next time you pass…
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Hello World 
Not only is there too much to explore in Florence but there is an awful lot in your blog. (By the way, I had to put my blog to sleep. but you can check out https://bandeaux.wordpress.com/
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Thank you for the link, suchled! But, why did you put the blog to sleep?
On rainy, boring afternoons, you can prowl through my blog.
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Somebody found my blog and started using anything at all to make bullets to fire at me. That’s why I am only writing non personal stuff.
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There are some strange people out there, it seems. What a shame.
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Fascinating stuff. There is too much to explore.
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You’re so right, Andrew. I’ve been going quite mad with research, and just know I can’t possibly see every thing I want to. It was easier BC (Before Computers), when we didn’t know what we might be missing.
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My reading list is horrific. I need quality catch up time. I think you are more organised than I am.
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I probably have more spare time than you, Andrew.
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