Good afternoon!
In this episode we’ll go through the second half of Canto 16 in Dante’s Paradiso, where Cacciaguida goes through a long list of virtuous families and dynasties in Old Florence, and shows how this era ended with the brutal murder of Buondelmonte de’ Buondelmonti on Easter Day, in 1215/16.
The slaying happened on his Wedding Day at the foot of the Mars Statue (The God of War) by Ponte Vecchio, unleashing a long and bloody civil war in Florence.
Happy Weekend!