Dante's Plaque: Badia Fiorentina (Church)

FIORENZA, DENTRO DALLA CERCHIA  ANTICA, OND' ELLA TOGLIE ANCORA E TERZA E NONA, SI STAVA IN PACE SOBRIA E PUDICA

DANTE, PAR., XV, 97-99

FLORENCE, WITHIN THE ANCIENT BOUNDARY FROM WHICH SHE TAKETH STILL HER TIERCE AND NONES, ABODE IN QUIET, TEMPERATE AND CHASTE.

Cacciaguida, Dante’s great-grandfather, died in the Holy Land during the crusades, reminds us the time of the "ancient city wall" (when the medieval city was enclosed within the perimeter of the Carolingian walls). At that time, Florentines’ life was chaste and serene, punctuated by the sound of the bells of the Badia Fiorentina, one of the oldest church in the city where this stone plaque is placed (entrance of the church from Via Dante Alighieri).