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Cahors (only 23.000 inhabitants) is the capital of the Lot department in south-western France.
Its site is contained on three sides within a U-shaped bend in the River Lot.
In the Middle Ages it was one of the most important French towns.
It was also infamous at that time for having bankers that charged interest on their loans. Cahors became synonymous with usury, and was mentioned in Dante's Inferno as wicked.
It is now a beautiful tourist town; in the surroundings produce an excellent wine that has the same name as the town.
Peter Brandt, Klaus Brückner, Hans-Jörg Bäuerle, Jörg Engelhardt, Felix Gadomski, Leonhard Huber, Martin Kraus, Jan Lindgaard Rasmussen, Danko Rihter, Arne Rönsch, Adri Schmidt, Christoph Seger, Matthias Stoffels, Michael Strasser, Markus Ulmer, Jens Vischer, Augustin Werner, Beatrice Zanon
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Umberto Eco sets his "The Name of the Rose" just at the time of the pontificate of John XXII.
John XXII was one of the most criticized popes in history. In Italy he had a bad reputation and Dante mentions him several times in the Divine Comedy with contempt.
I think that John XXII was neither better nor worse than other popes of that period. It should also be considered that Dante was a Florentine and that time between Florence and Cahors there was a strong rivalry.
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