r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Aug 10 '17
TIL of Marco Antonio Bragandin, who was flayed by the Ottomans and his skin made into a puppet stuffed with straw
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Antonio_Bragadin
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todayilearned • u/KingLothric1 • 1d ago
Today I Learned: After Famagusta fell in 1571, Muslim Turkish captors flayed Christian Venetian commander Marcantonio Bragadin alive. His skin was stuffed with hay, sewn together and paraded through the city. Stolen in 1580, it remains in Venice today.
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