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  • The Real Story of Pinocchio Tells No Lies

    05/25/2022 1:27:56 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 11 replies
    Smithsonian Magazine ^ | JUNE 2022 | Perri Klass
    Forget what you know from the cartoon. The 19th-century story, now in a new translation, was a rallying cry for universal education and Italian nationhoodThe town of Collodi, Italy, about 45 miles west of Florence, is set on a slope behind a fabulous 17th-century villa. The garden, built as a kind of fantasy pleasure park for the Garzoni family and their noble guests, offers terraces, flower beds, grand staircases, splashing fountains and antique marble statues surrounding the Baroque villa. Walk through the tunnel under the villa and follow the path up the hill, and the stone houses of Collodi speak...