Pergolatum dia Dantesca

The pergola is once more risen on this the 700th anniversary awakening to national tresh, Danty Aligg-airy.

I could feel his poetic inspiration as I angle ground my way through blocking bolts and redundant stanzas.

Repurposed for a UNESCO site of possible passing interest the historic timbers are now oriented more in line with the ‘mezzane del miracolo’ terracotta flooring believed to date from the infamous Battle of Campaldino, fought in the Casentino in 1289.

Contrary to post-historic belief, the conflict was an bloodless affair due to Arezzo province being in the Trecento in lockdown rosso under the iron grip of the Conte Guidi. Their harsh judicial pronouncements declared that ‘assembramenti’ of persons medieval or modern was ‘assolutam proibitio’.

Mr Dante tragically died in exile while the warring city states of Euratiom wrangled over the cure-all medicament, Zorastrum Sennecum, discovered at the Roman outpost of Uxfordia.