The Pazzi conspiracy in 1478 came as a rude shock to a carefree city. The Pazzi bank, in the course of a treacherous war in which the adversaries did not scruple to use the most devious methods, had taken the business affairs of the papacy away from the Medici. Sixtus IV, his nephew Riario, and Francesco Salviati, the archbishop of Pisa, supported the Pazzi and in the end formed a conspiracy with them. They decided to assassinate Lorenzo and Giuliano in the cathedral during Easter mass on April 26, while the archbishop was to take over the signoria (the council of government). Giuliano was indeed killed in front of the altar, but Lorenzo succeeded in taking refuge in a sacristy. [X]
On my dashboard appeared a tshirt with the writing ‘no use being the richest c*nt in the cemetery’ and while I sort of agree with the sentiment (not necessarily with the language) it reminded me of this story Timorpanico (Chiara, let me know if I made any mistake) told me a while back.
so, little intro: People from Genoa are famously stereotyped around Italy for being most… parsimonious. (I’m not sure the degree of accurateness this is because everyone I know from genoa jokes about it a lot and most of the stories they tend to tell me reinforce those stereotypes. This is another story like that.)
Ok so, there was this lady, Caterina Campodonico, in Genova at the end of 1800, she had a really hard life, she used to sell hazelnuts on the street and lived almost like a homeless woman, with little money to spare.
Except she wasn’t poor. All the money she earned from selling hazelnuts in the streets of genoa she kept away living with almost nothing. In the long years she amounted a fortune.
Absolutely spiteful of all her family who just waited for her death to have all her money she called the greatest sculptor there was in those years in genoa and commissioned a wonderful statue of herself, as her gravestone in the Cemetery of Staglieno using all her money.
So yeah, she turned into a role model for the whole city. Being one of the most famous figures in genoa.
And you should all be inspired by this woman with all her bitterness telling her odious family to go fuck off with a wonderful marble statue of herself.
Yo, no use being the richest c*nt in the cemetery but THE SATISFACTION.
This is THE MOST GENOVESE THING I HAVE EVER READ. miss u stingy fucks
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