In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . s court, though much smaller,is comparable in beauty and rough grace with thatof the Florentine Bargello. Indeed, the designerof the Bargello court is said to have caught his in-spiration from this smaller one of Poppi. Theangling stair and pillaredrail, the stemmi on thewalls, and the open bal-cony above are simplymagnified and modifiedin the Bargello. The un-usual shape and massivehigh walls of the castle,its strong crenelations onwalls and tower, its sub-terranean prisons andgreat cisterns, its oldwell in the courtyard, thebi
In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . s court, though much smaller,is comparable in beauty and rough grace with thatof the Florentine Bargello. Indeed, the designerof the Bargello court is said to have caught his in-spiration from this smaller one of Poppi. Theangling stair and pillaredrail, the stemmi on thewalls, and the open bal-cony above are simplymagnified and modifiedin the Bargello. The un-usual shape and massivehigh walls of the castle,its strong crenelations onwalls and tower, its sub-terranean prisons andgreat cisterns, its oldwell in the courtyard, thebit of remaining moatand stone bridge, thejousting and duelingground in front, and itsbold, dominating situa-tion on the summit andverge of the steep hill-slope, all combine to makethe Poppi stronghold a fascinating relic of the roughbut picturesque feudal days of Italy. It has memories, too, of other days than warringones, and of other knocks at its gate than those ofbesieging enemies. Dante was the guest here of theCountess Battifolia from the summer of 1310 to. The court of Poppi Castle, though much smaller, iscomparable in beauty andrough grace with that of theFlorentine Bargello. 304 Florentine Excursions the end of the spring of the following year, if thezealous historians of the Casentino can prove theircontention. And here he shall have written ilcelehre e sublime canto XXXIII dell celebrated and sublime, but with a human touchwithal, is the verse carved in the stone of the outer
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