Torre della Castagna
Torre della Castagna
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Florentia, as it was called by Latins, is permeated by an eternal beauty spread in all corners of the city. The historic center is characterized by the immensity of the Duomo, able to transport tourists into the brightest age of Florence: the Renaissance. Who does not know the Brunelleschi Dome, San Giovanni Baptistery and the Giotto’s Campanile? Everything is enclosed here and it would be easy to imagine the city as it was in ancient times, with maids walking in the main square and horses carrying coaches. Nowadays, roads are busy with street artists. Rustic Tuscan bakeries give way to fashion shops; just stop for a few minutes in the middle of Piazza della Repubblica to enjoy the colors and sweet melody of the carousel that will bring back great memories from anyone’s childhood.
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𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑜 𝐷'𝐴𝑔𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑜 🇮🇹
Avezzano, Italy17,303 contributions
June 2019 • Family
Così era chiamata un tempo questa altissima e antica torre medievale, che si trova in piazza San Martino di fronte la casa di Dante. In questa torre si riunivano i Priori, prima che venisse realizzato il Bargello, e il nome "castagna" probabilmente deriva dal fatto che le votazioni avvenivano mettendo le castagne in un sacchetto. In dialetto fiorentino la castagna lessata viene detta "ballotta" e forse, da questa, deriverebbe la parola "ballottaggio". E' solo una delle tante curiosità di una città che non finisce mai di stupire!
Written 5 June 2019
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MarcoPD55
Florence, Italy13,367 contributions
Sept 2020
Alzi la mano chi non ha mai sentito il termine “ballottaggio”, per esempio tra due candidati.
Pochi sanno da dove derivi: la storia ce lo insegna.
Si deve sapere che, prima della realizzazione di Palazzo Vecchio, i priori (massima autorità di Firenze) venivano eletti per un periodo di tre mesi e “segregati in questa torre” che impediva loro di avere contatti con l’esterno ed in tal modo essere più liberi nel prendere le loro decisioni.
Si deve anche sapere che a Firenze le castagne vengono anche chiamate “ballotte” ed erano proprio le castagne che venivano usate per le votazioni (che comunque erano segrete: ogni priore depositava la castagna in un contenitore per il si o per il no senza possibilità che gli altri lo sapessero).
Oggi la Torre ospita un Museo Garibaldino: di solito è chiusa ma con un po di fortuna si può accedere.
Pochi sanno da dove derivi: la storia ce lo insegna.
Si deve sapere che, prima della realizzazione di Palazzo Vecchio, i priori (massima autorità di Firenze) venivano eletti per un periodo di tre mesi e “segregati in questa torre” che impediva loro di avere contatti con l’esterno ed in tal modo essere più liberi nel prendere le loro decisioni.
Si deve anche sapere che a Firenze le castagne vengono anche chiamate “ballotte” ed erano proprio le castagne che venivano usate per le votazioni (che comunque erano segrete: ogni priore depositava la castagna in un contenitore per il si o per il no senza possibilità che gli altri lo sapessero).
Oggi la Torre ospita un Museo Garibaldino: di solito è chiusa ma con un po di fortuna si può accedere.
Written 31 December 2020
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claudio d
Viterbo, Italy41,292 contributions
May 2024 • Couples
In the heart of medieval Florence, and specifically in the area where Dante's home was, stands this ancient tower built in the first decades of the 11th century to protect the adjacent Benedictine Abbey. Its current fame derives from the fact that starting from the 80s of the 13th century it was granted for use to the city Priors who, until the construction of Palazzo Vecchio, had their headquarters here and from which they did not leave (they were even locked inside to protect themselves from any ill-intentioned people) throughout their mandate which lasted a few months. And since chestnuts to be thrown into a bag were used to vote on the various decisions to be made, the tower took the name by which it is known; and probably the current term "ballotte" derives precisely from the voting method of these ancient magistracies, given that in Tuscany chestnuts are also called "ballotte". The tower is well preserved, in exposed stone blocks, and rises slenderly over the tiny Piazza San Martino (it is the only tower in Florence that has not been demolished or "decapitated", precisely because of its public function, "at above the parties", and therefore not belonging to a specific family or political faction). Externally, however, there is not much to do, apart from observing the double Sienese arch of the entrance and the two plaques which recall the one (next to the entrance) that the priors were locked up here for their protection, and the the other (on the northern side, on via Dante Alighieri) which recalls that this was the seat of the priors until the construction of the Palazzo della Signoria. On the ground floor and first floor there is a small Risorgimento museum curated by the National Association of Garibaldi Veterans and Veterans (it should be open to visitors on Thursday afternoon) while the upper floors are not accessible as they are used as warehouses by the court offices, which until recently it occupied part of the premises of the Badia and the nearby complex of San Firenze in the square of the same name.
Written 13 June 2024
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marina p
Scandicci, Italy495 contributions
Nov 2019
Nella piccola Piazzetta San Martino, di fronte all'Oratorio dei Buonomi, si trova la Torre della Castagna, singolare monumento di storia per essere stata all'epoca di Dante Alighieri la prima sede del Governo libero di Firenze, su un lato si trova questa epigrafe:
QUESTA TORRE DETTA DELLA CASTAGNA UNICA RESTA DELLE SEDI ONDE I PRIORI DELLE ARTI RESSERO FIRENZE PRIMA CHE LA FORZA E LA GLORIA DEL FIORENTE COMUNE FACESSERO SORGERE IL PALAZZO DELLA SIGNORIA,
QUESTA TORRE DETTA DELLA CASTAGNA UNICA RESTA DELLE SEDI ONDE I PRIORI DELLE ARTI RESSERO FIRENZE PRIMA CHE LA FORZA E LA GLORIA DEL FIORENTE COMUNE FACESSERO SORGERE IL PALAZZO DELLA SIGNORIA,
Written 11 November 2019
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Ｔ. バイソン
Kinki, Japan5,766 contributions
May 2018 • Solo
ダンテ･アリギエーリ通りを挟んでダンテの家の斜め向かいにある塔。13世紀末にヴェッキオ宮殿に移るまで市の行政機関が置かれた場所とのこと。前は広場になっていますが，それほど広くないので，塔の上から下まで写真に収めるのはなかなか苦労しました。
Written 28 June 2018
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Tokyo Prefecture, Japan5,507 contributions
Nov 2017 • Solo
ダンテの家の南側にある小さな広場に面して建っています。
細い路地が繋がる歴史ある雰囲気の場所に建っている小さな細い塔です！
細い路地が繋がる歴史ある雰囲気の場所に建っている小さな細い塔です！
Written 2 January 2018
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