The tale begins at the Palazzo Vecchio – the ornate town hall that sits at the heart of the matter, on the Piazza della Signoria. The first part of the journey finds the poet descending into the underworld for encounters with fallen souls – including sinful Popes, corrupt politicians, fraudsters and assorted violent figures – in what he describes as the nine circles of hell.īrown’s tale borrows heavily from the Florentine landscape. A cornerstone of Italian literature: Dante Alighieri described a fiery version of hell in his poem Divine Comedy
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