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Pillar of Shame

Colonna Infame
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    Every corner of his history

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    As your name says, for whom you know is a place that delivers the essence of this care, each street is a mystery ... would return thousand times

    Reviewed on May 20, 2016
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    Shameful pillar

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    On Vacchero Square there is a shameful pole. The area is built with a fountain, interestingly furnished with a galley. Without a tour guide to the pole, no attention would be paid.

    Reviewed on Sep 20, 2015
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    Infame column

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    Located in the Pre neighborhood, it reminds Vachero's conspiracy, in 1628, to the Republic of Genova for Savoia. The conspiracy was dismantled, the Vachero's house was shaved to the ground and to the top ...

    Reviewed on Feb 13, 2023
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    Infame column in Genova: nearly 400 years old

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    In Genova, 1 km. from Piazza De Ferrari, in a slope of Vai Del Campo, Piazza Vacchero, a column where, in the top, a record of the noble Julio Cesare Vachero that in 1628 part...

    Reviewed on Jul 24, 2020
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    In memory of a high traitor.

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    A little difficult to find, as hidden from a fountain and for nothing valued, in the heart of the historic center, in Via del Campo, a few steps from the Gate of the Vacca, a square column is found ...

    Reviewed on Jun 25, 2020
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