(ANSAmed) - FLORENCE, 18 SEPT - An indirect descendant of the
Medici dynasty has filed a police complaint to block the
exhumation of the remains of Princess Anna Maria Luisa de'
Medici, whose death in 1743 marked the end of the Grand Ducal
line.
"It would be a profanity, contrary to common morals and to
the devotion to the dead," said the president of the
International Association of the Medici, Prince Ottaviano de'
Medici di Toscana di Ottajano himself an indirect descendant of
the Princess.
The remains of Princess Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, are
scheduled to be exhumed next autumn from the Medici crypt in the
Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence. A museum in Germany plans
to exhibit the remains and funeral clothing of the Princess, and
in exchange will provide restoration works following flooding in
the city in 1966.
Ottaviano de' Medici has called the exhumation a 'commercial
merry-go-round', whose sole effect would be to dishonor the
dead.
"Since the Florentine authorities have given the go-ahead
to this macabre 'scientific event' with no qualms as to the
morality of it, we ask that the Florentine police force begin
an inquiry into whether the exhumation will offend popular
opinion, and as a result will put a stop to it", Medici said.
(ANSAmed).
