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Bruges
Bruges (Italian: Bruggia) is one of the principal commercial cities of Flanders, mentioned by Dante in Inferno XV 4 as the western extreme, alongside Wissant (Italian: Guizzante), to indicate the entire Flemish territory.
Description
Bruggia is the Italianized form, in accordance with the usage of Dante's time, of the city of Bruges in Flanders. In Inferno XV 4 the poet cites it together with Wissant (Italian: Guizzante) to describe, through a comparison tied to the geography of Flanders, the dikes that the Flemish raise against the high tide. Both locations are presented as commercial cities well known to the Florentines of Dante's time. The rhetorical device of indicating the extent of a territory by its extreme places also appears in Inferno XIII 9 (between Cecina and Corneto) and in the simile of Inferno III 49-50 (between Lerice and Turbìa). The name Bruggia also occurs in Inferno XX 46, where it is associated with the other great Flemish cities, Douai (Italian: Doagio), Lille, and Ghent, again to designate the entire region of Flanders.
In the text
Linked verses
2 verses| Cantica | Canto | Verso | Testo | Open verse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inferno | Canto XV | 4 | Quali Fiamminghi tra Guizzante e Bruggia, | Open verse |
| Purgatory | Canto XX | 46 | Ma se Doagio, Lilla, Guanto e Bruggia | Open verse |