Casa del boia (Executioner's house)
Via dei Bacchettoni
Lucca, June 2024
"The Casa del Boia is a building in Lucca, located near the San Salvatore bastion and adjoining the old semi-circular tower from the 16th century, later incorporated into the subsequent expansion of the walls. The house took this name only after 1826 when the city government had to hire a professional executioner from Rome. The executioner in question, a certain Tommaso Jona, lived there until 1846 and was then replaced by Benedetto Paltoni who, however, remained there for a few more years due to the abolition of the death penalty." (Casa del boia, Wikipedia)
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