Bisenzio

Location of Bisenzio

The Bisenzio in Prato

The Bisenzio is a 47 km long river in the Tuscany region of Italy, which crosses the provinces of Florence and Prato from north to south and empties in Signa, in the Arno.

Course

The river rises in the northern Apennines, a few meters south of the community Cantagallo, Prato province, about 40 km north- northwest of Florence.

The source community Cantagallo it flows in a total length of 10 km and first moved to the northeast after Vernio ( 210 m), where he spends 6 km. He then turns to the south, again passes through the municipality of Cantagallo ( district Carmignanello, 183 m), where he meets the historic bridges Ponte di Cerbaia (Ponte della Signoria called ) and Ponte Rotto, and then traverses Vaiano (98 m, length of the river in the district 8 km), where the Rio Fiumenta flows, and the provincial capital of Prato (9 km, 30 m). Here he meets initially in the northern district of Santa Lucia on the fish farm ( Pescaia ), then passes through the right side of the town center of the capital with the bridges Ponte di Ponte alla Vittoria and Mercatale. The place Campi Bisenzio he gives his name since 1862 and runs through the municipal area at 8 km in length. Here it is fed by the river Marinella and Marina. After a further 5 km in the municipal area of ​​the Signa Bisenzio coming from the north to the Arno flows to the right tributary.

Rail transport

• In many parts of the flow curve between Vernio Prato and the railway line Bologna - Florence runs parallel to the river. Stops there and in Vaiano Vernio.

The Bisenzio in Dante

The place is mentioned by Dante Alighieri in his Divine Comedy Inferno ( 32 songs, 55-57 )

German, translated by Carl Streckfuß:

Pictures

Ponte Rotto at Carmignanello ( Cantagallo )

Inflow into the Arno at Signa