{"id":1246,"date":"2025-11-04T22:50:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curiosandofirenze.it\/en\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2026-02-22T22:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:36:11","slug":"anselmo-and-the-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curiosandofirenze.it\/en\/anselmo-and-the-lion\/","title":{"rendered":"Anselmo and the lion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">In <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"3\">Via Ricasoli<\/b>, there lived a man named <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"78\">Anselmo<\/b>, who was obsessed with a recurring nightmare: every night, he dreamed of being mauled by a lion. 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