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Spanish Inquisition prisoners left haunting graffiti.
Most of the relics of the Spanish Inquisition have been destroyed or hidden all over Europe. But the walls of a historical palace in Sicily that once served as a prison are home to dark reminders of the victims of the tribunal of the Holy Inquisition. Among references to Dante’s Inferno and drawings of inquisitors riding defecating horses, a poem written in Sicilian offers a bleak description of the circumstances: “I feel hot and cold, I have Malaria/My stomach trembles/My heart and soul are fading.”
