Dante's Plaque: Zecca Tower

… PER MEZZA TOSCANA SI SPAZIA UN FIUMICEL CHE NASCE IN FALTERONA, E CENTO MIGLIA DI CORSO NOL SAZIA

DANTE, PURG., XIV, 16-18 

…THROUGH MIDST OF TUSCANY THERE WANDERS A STREAMLET THAT IS BORN IN FALTERONA, AND NOT A HUNDRED MILES OF COURSE SUFFICE IT

This epigraph is significantly placed on the Torre della Zecca. The ancient building, where the Fiorino was minted, still overlooks the Arno. With these words Dante answers a soul who has asked him about his identity and declares that he comes from the valley of that river whose source is near Mount Falterona and whose course crosses Tuscany for over a hundred miles.