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Where did you come up with glasses with temples?

As you know, glasses do not fall off, because they are held by the temples. Who and where came up with the happy idea to make such glasses? For the right to be called their homeland, two Italian cities, Pisa and Florence, argued long and hard. At the beginning of the XIV century, the monk Allesandro della Spina lived in the monastery of Pisa. A brief note about him was preserved in the chronicle of the monastery: "Allesandro died in 1312, everyone was very sorry for him, since he was a modest, gentle man and, in addition, he knew how to make glasses."

But the Florentines firmly believed that glasses were invented by their countryman, because every Florentine heard about this from his grandfather or great-grandfather. Historians dug up all the archives. And in 1738, the work of the Florentine professor D. Mani was published under the title "Historical treatise on glasses on the nose." It claims that the inventor of glasses is the Florentine monk Salvino Armato. The professor referred to the fact that he found in the archives a description of a monument near the chapel, on which there was such an inscription: "Here lies Salvino Armato, the inventor of glasses. Lord, forgive him! 1317."

The dispute between the Florentines and the Pisans has not ended to this day.

Author: Cellarius E.Yu.

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