Dante's Plaque: Peruzzi's house

NEL PICCIOL CERCHIO S’ENTRAVA PER PORTA, CHE SI NOMAVA DA QUEI DELLA PERA

DANTE, PAR., XVI, 124 – 126

ONE ENTERED THE SMALL CIRCUIT BY A GATE WHICH FROM THE DELLA PERA TOOK ITS NAME!

The inscription refers to the ancient gates to the city (the first ring of walls dating 12° century) which took its name from the Peruzzi, a noble family whose emblem depicted, in fact, a pear (pera means pear>Peruzzi). The houses of this family were built in the area of the ancient Roman amphitheatre; two streets, via Torta and via Bentaccordi, have an unusual curved layout that retraces the semi-circle of the amphitheatre.