Original: Dante mentioned in his Divina Commedia the free town of Pistoia as the home town of Vanni Fucci , who is encountered in Inferno tangled up in a knot of snakes while cursing God , and Michelangelo called the Pistoiesi the '' enemies of heaven '' .
Simplified: Dante mentioned the town in his Divina Commedia . Michelangelo called the people of Pistoia the '' enemies of heaven '' .