In other dictionaries it indicates a narrow, short, dirty and badly attended road. In the Crusca dictionary, “chiasso” indicates a narrow alley, and “andar per chiasso”, go to the brothel. The name is often associated with the name of a tavern in the place, and linked the nearby via dell’Inferno and the Chiasso del Limbo. Originally it started from via Tornabuoni up to Piazzetta de ‘Rucellai. VIA DEL PURGATORIO (Purgatory Road) (formerly called Parion Vecchio) starts from via della Vigna Nuova, and is now a blind road. There was the Osteria dell ’ Inferno (Hell Tavern), with the sign of a devil who turned the roast over the flames of the kitchen. VIA DELL ’ INFERNO (HELL STREET), from via del Purgatorio (Purgatory Road) to via della Vigna Nuova. Walking through these alleys centuries ago, we would have noticed that these streets were full of drunks who went from one tavern to another. No homage to Dante, however, due to the origin of the street names dedicated to Hell, Heaven and Purgatory.Īlthough modern Florence loves the great poet more than his contemporaries loved him, the names of the streets don’t belong to the Divine Comedy, but mostly depend on the name of ancient and popular taverns or worse. 2021 is the year of the seven hundredth anniversary of Dante Alighieri‘s death, which took place in Ravenna, his place of exile, on the night between 13 and 14 September 1321.
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