“…’L LOCO, U' FUI A VIVER POSTO, DI GIORNO IN GIORNO PIU' DI BEN SI SPOLPA, ED A TRISTA RUINA PAR DISPOSTO”. “OR VA” DISS’EL “CHE QUEI PIU' N' HA COLPA VEGG' IO A CODA D'UNA BESTIA TRATTO INVER LA VALLE OVE MAI NON SI SCOLPA”
DANTE, PURG., XXIV, 79-84
… THE PLACE WHERE I WAS SET TO LIVE FROM DAY TO DAY OF GOOD IS MORE DEPLETED, AND UNTO DISMAL RUIN SEEMS ORDAINED". "NOW GO," HE SAID, "FOR HIM MOST GUILTY OF IT AT A BEAST'S TAIL BEHOLD I DRAGGED ALONG TOWARDS THE VALLEY WHERE IS NO REPENTANCE.
The plaque is placed on the Tower of the Donati, one of the most powerful and ancient families in the city. We are in the third circle, the gluttons' one, and Dante is in the company of Forese Donati. Initially the Poet talks about his homeland, deploring its moral decay, and then Forese has a premonition of the tragic end of his brother Corso (discover it through Dante's Plaque in San Salvi).
Find out more about the tower houses on this itinerary.
Lapide Dantesca: Torre della Famiglia Donati
Via del Corso 31r, Firenze
