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Naples memorialized its 17th century plague with a festival for healing, and so should we after COVID-19
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Naples memorialized its 17th century plague with a festival for healing, and so should we after COVID-19 Monuments are good; so are civic festivals. The ‘plague column’ at Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, in Naples. (Mongolo1984/Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-SA Keith Johnston, Algoma University A poignant reminder of death stands in Naples, where the old Roman road meets the main college street and the imposing palazzos step back to reveal a sun-drenched plaza. The San Domenico column, Naples, shown in May 2019. (damian entwistle/Flickr), CC BY-NC The spire of San Domenico — a stone obelisk topped with a statue of the saint...