Zaqarbal |
07-24-2011 06:37 PM |
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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
(Post 1088350)
Lovely photos of Boccherini's homes, Zaqarbal!
You are lucky to have so much history and culture around you that is part of the present.
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Yeah, as they say: " If walls could talk...". Look at this. Very, very close to Boccherini's house (the one at the left photo), almost next to it, in the same street:
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/812...nplcido001.jpg
That building behind me is San Plácido Convent, from the 17th century. In 1628 it was supposedly attacked by the Devil. Imagine: possessed nuns!! :eek: I haven't found any webpage in English about it, but this article mentions the event.
I don't know if Boccherini knew the story, or if somehow he found inspiration in it when he composed La casa del diavolo (" The Devil's House").
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