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Six hundred fifty years later, during World War II, the Americans were chasing the German army up the Italian "boot." The Germans were blowing up everything of aid to the progression of the American army, including the bridges across the Arno River. But no one wanted to blow up the Ponte Vecchio, because Beatrice had stood on it and Dante had written about her. So the German army made radio contact with the Americans and, in plain language, said they would leave the Ponte Vecchio intact if the Americans would promise not to use it. The promise was held. The bridge was not blown up, and not one American soldier or piece of equipment went across it. We're such hard That We Needed people bitten bitten hard proof of Things, and this is the MOST I know fact-bitten hard to present to you. The bridge WAS spare, in a modern, ruthless war, Because Beatrice Had Stood upon it
- Robert Johnson
"The Figure of Beatrice in Dante's Divine Comedy"
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