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For Dante’s Aficionados, A New Reason to Visit Viterbo Near Rome

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 12/02/2021 - 04:20

Just one hour north of Rome, near Lago di Bolsena, the well-preserved medieval town of Viterbo now has one more reason to attract visitors, especially those…

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Castelnovo ne' Monti village and the Pietra di Bismantova rock in the background

Dante’s Purgatory Is in the Apennines of Emilia-Romagna

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 10/22/2020 - 00:00

The Pietra di Bismantova is not just any mountain. The massive rock’s flat shape is so particular, as it rises, majestic, solitary, from the surrounding plains…

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After 700 Years, Will Dante Return Home to Florence?

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 08/06/2019 - 05:55

Seven hundred years on, the question of where Dante’s remains should be kept remains divisive and one more cause for polemica (controversy). The dispute…

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Torre dei Gualandi: The ‘Other’ Tower of Pisa You Shouldn’t Miss

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 06/15/2016 - 11:00

There’s more to Pisa than the Leaning Tower. In fact, there’s another tower that just opened to the public boasting quite an intriguing story. The Torre…

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Precious Historic Documents on View at Palazzo Pitti

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 02/10/2014 - 09:40

Drawings by Michelangelo and Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci’s baptism certificate, as well as texts featuring his notes, a lecture by Galileo on Dante’s Inferno –…

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Italy's Treasures: Dante

by Gabi Logan | Fri, 07/13/2012 - 08:47

Dante—one short word, one mononym—because of the words written by one man, has come to mean so many things. Beauty. Complexity. Man’s quest in life. Redemption…