Associazione Amici di Porto Ercole
c/o Via Capalbio - 58018 Porto Ercole (Gr)
Caravaggio a Porto Ercole
La Feniglia da
Forte Filippo
Caravaggio arrived at Porto Ercole in 1610, after a reckless life, in which he
was a knight, a prisoner and a murderer. He was terribly sick and though the
Company of Santa Croce took care of him, he died on July 18th, 1610 and was
probably buried in the pilgrims' cemetery, called San Sebastiano.
Instead of that cemetery, today there is a little garden in San Sebastiano road
where some scholars think there could be the tomb of the painter. They say it
could be possible to recognize the corpse by means of the Cross of the Order of
the knights of Malta, he was buried with.
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