Museo Zoologico La Specola, Florence

I visited this remarkable exhibit right after the war. Once the Germans surrendered, the Fifth Army created the Army Student Training Program , with American instructors providing college level courses to selected American GIs at the University of Florence. During this program, which ran July and August, 1945, students were housed in the Central Train station. Beds were provided, dormitory style, on the second floor of the station. I elected for two classes: Basic Italian Language and Commercial Law. We had no assigned duties, leaving me with 22 hours of free time in the most beautiful city in the world, Florence. A good part of my time was spent visiting the many museums, with repeated visits to Museo La Specola Florence. I was 20 at that time, and facinated by the display of these beautiful replicas of human anatomy. Imagine my pleasure, when just this week I discovered and purchased: ENCYCLOPAEDIA ANATOMICA, the story, with pictures, of this exhibit. The next-best thing to this would be a re-visit to the scene. Sorry to take so much of the reader's time with this dialogue,but the exhibit has left such an impression, that I felt compelled to share this information. Rating: Five Stars-Plus.