Via della Mosca ” Fly street ” this road today is quite small like many in the historic center, once it was much larger thanks to the great traffic of the nearby shooting and marina where the trunks of the trees for the various city buildings arrived from the Casentino. The name of this street is uncertain perhaps taken up by a sign of a tavern, but also by an old legend that of the beautiful lady and the clearly bad witch. It is said that long ago, a family who lived in this path had a daughter of extraordinary beauty. The maid a witch had in turn a very beautiful daughter and both worked with this family. In mature age, the daughter was engaged to a knight, and everything seemed to go in the right direction but … the witch-domestic and her jealous daughter decided to remedy this situation. The maid-stanga created a potion to be absorbed to the comb, but in the hurry it was forgotten to make the spell effective, the potion could only be active with the blood of the skin of the unfortunate master. Instead of turning into a fly, he changed into a Golden Fly (in Moscondoro jargon or “Aurata Cetonia”) who during the hum was able to speak in a certain way. After a vain research, the family and the future husband noticed this insect that with its evolutions attracted their attention, so much so that after time they also understood what she tried to say. The secret arcane discovered the witch and the daughter were tortured to reveal the method to cancel the spell and get the young woman back in human form. By punishment of this crime, the family and the knight in turn transformed the evil mother and daughter into flies, and since then according to legend these flies have been buzzing in the small way … If you like this story, you could come with us to visit the downtown of Florence, with our expert guide. Our Free Tour starts in front of Minerva hotel. Please book in advance our Florence Free Tour.
