Ornithological Museum - San Gimignano, Italy
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N 43° 28.022 E 011° 02.480
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An ornithological collection of great historical and naturalistic interest which dates back to the second half of 19C AD.
Waymark Code: WMM6RQ
Location: Toscana, Italy
Date Posted: 08/01/2014
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"An ornithological collection of great historical and naturalistic interest which dates back to the second half of 19C AD.
Located in the small 16C church of San Francesco, in Via Quercecchio, this museum hosts the former collection of Marianna Panciatichi Ximenes d'Aragona Paolucci, a woman who was greatly interested in ornithology. Most items, collected between 1866 and 1911, come from the Monte estate (San Gimignano).
The whole collection, now featuring 371 specimens, was donated to the Town of San Gimignano in 1927. The present display was devised by both University of Siena (Environmental Biology Department) and National Institute of Game Biology in 1990."
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