Thursday, August 7, 2008

from The European Journals of William Maclure by William Maclure, 5th May 1812


This [Piacenza] is a large town with a great many churches. All the priests were in uniform, singing and parading in the streets with colors [flags] and crosses, but they did not seem to have many attendants - only boys which [sic] may perhaps be their scholars.

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