Medieval torture devices and modern human rights abuses are not two things that are often mentioned within the same sentence. However, at the Medieval Criminal Museum in San Gimignano they go hand in hand. The museum houses an impressive array of medieval torture devices including the uncomfortably spiked inquisitorial chairs, and a simply murderous looking device labeled ‘the heretics fork’.
Nestled in the beautiful countryside of Tuscany in Northern Italy the museum not only functions as a interesting, albeit slightly gristly, tourist attraction but also serves to call attention to modern human rights abuses.
Atlas Obscura
The Medieval Torture Museum
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