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And in the fornix in Ancona, between the frontispiece
And the central doors
Sigismund, ally, having crossed a host of enemies,
to find a truce, pass through the small door,
And they close it before they open the next door, and he says:
“I entered the city of Ancona through the counter,
How the bird enters the cage"
And the captain of the regiment:
"O Signor Sigismondo,
We want this city for ourselves"
Ezra Pound, XXX Songs
Ancona, Palace of the Elders
Sigismondo is Sigismondo Malatesta, lord of Rimini, cousin of Cleopa Malatesta, déspina of Morea, in the Peloponnese and therefore related to the emperors of Byzantium, the Palaeologus dynasty.
Sigismund went to Sparta to fight against the Muslims who had occupied it, but returned with the bones of Gemistos Pletho, which lie in
Rimini.
The Passetto of Ancona
Ancona, Rimini, Venice, free cities, ports of the Adriatic, which had to do with the empire of Byzantium, which in Italy was headed by Ravenna.
Old lighthouse in Ancona, Cardeto Park
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And in the gate of Ancona, between the foregate
And the main gates
Sigismundo, ally come through an enemy force
To patch up some sort of treaty, passes one gate
And they shut it before they open the next gate, and he says:
“Now you have me,
Caught like a hen in a coop.”
And the captain of the watch says:
“ Yes Messire Sigismundo,
But we want this town for ourselves.”
Ezra Pound, XXX Songs
Ancona, Elders'Palace
Sigismondo is Sigismondo Malatesta, lord of Rimini, cousin of Cleopa Malatesta, despot of the Morea in the Peloponnese, and for this reason he was related to the emperors of Byzantium, the dynasty of Palaiologan.
Sigismund fought in Sparta against Muslims who had settled there, then returned to Rimini with Gemistus Pletho's remains.
Ancona, Passetto
Ancona, Rimini, Venice were free cities, their harbors on the Adriatic Sea had a strong relation to the Byzantinum Empire, whose capital in the Italian peninsula was Ravenna.
Ancona, Old Lighthouse{:}
