This is the tomb of the Italian physician and surgeon Andrea Vaccà-Berlinghieri, who died in Orzignano, Pisa, in 1826.
He was buried in the Monumental Cemetery, located in Pisa (Piazza del Duomo, 17).
He was a professor at the University of Pisa, and he is considered the initiator of the Pisan surgical medical school.
VACCA’-BERLINGHIERI’S TOMB
The Italian inscription reads as follows: “PROFESSORE / ANDREA VACCA'” (“Professor / Andrea Vaccà”).
- Photos and main text by Carlotta Foti and Giada Antonelli (December 2017)
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