Note 68 — PALAZZO DEL PODESTÀ (Bargello) Via Ghibellina.
Reading edition
In one of these the Podestà, Fulchieri da Calvoli, cruelly tortured those of the Bianchi who fell into his hands, before they were beheaded in the courtyard.
“Their flesh, yet living, sets he up to sale, Then like an aged beast, to slaughter dooms. Many of life he reaves, himself of worth And goodly estimation.” Dante Purg., Canto XIV, Cary’s trans.
All instruments of torture found in these chambers were burnt in the courtyard by the orders of the Grand Duke Leopoldo when he abolished the Inquisition.