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The official tourism website of the Municipality and Metropolitan City of Florence
The official tourism website of the Municipality and Metropolitan City of Florence
The official tourism website of the Municipality and Metropolitan City of Florence
The official tourism website of the Municipality and Metropolitan City of Florence
The official tourism website of the Municipality and Metropolitan City of Florence
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.