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Guizzante is the Flemish locality which, together with Bruggia (Bruges), indicates the extent of the entire region of Flanders, used as a geographical term of comparison.
Description
In Canto XV of the Inferno, Dante opens the simile of the Flemish dikes by mentioning Guizzante together with Bruggia: both well-known commercial cities to the Florentines of Dante's time, located in Flanders, which serve to indicate the entire extent of a territory through its extreme places. The verse follows the same topographical procedure already used elsewhere in the poem to delimit Liguria between Lerice and Turbìa and the Maremma between Cecina and Corneto. The earthly example, recognizable to the reader, lends credibility and realism to the landscape of the beyond.
In the text
Linked verses
1 verses| Cantica | Canto | Verso | Testo | Open verse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inferno | Canto XV | 4 | Quali Fiamminghi tra Guizzante e Bruggia, | Open verse |