Dante

The University of Florence Discontinues its Dante Course

by Gabi Logan | Thu, 08/16/2012 - 05:07

Budget cuts and a lack of qualified faculty have forced the University of Florence to remove its course on Dantean philology and criticism from the offerings…

Roberto Benigni Brings His Blockbuster "TuttoDante" to Florence

by Gabi Logan | Fri, 07/20/2012 - 04:30

Beginning tonight at 9.30 pm with the 11th Canto of Dante's Inferno (Hell), 22 performances of Roberto Benigni's hit show TuttoDante (Everything Dante) in…

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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…

Call for Dante’s "Racist" Divine Comedy to Be Banned

by ITALY | Wed, 03/21/2012 - 06:12

words by Elizabeth Ganley-RoperThe anti-racist group and advisor to the United Nations, Gherush92, has declared that Dante Alighieri’s infamous Divine Comedy…

The hell of a game

by Pat Eggleton | Mon, 02/08/2010 - 04:12

The video game “Dante’s Inferno” [Electronic Arts] which has already generated 10,000 web pages and has a following of 20,000 fans on facebook, has been…

Benigni takes Dante on world tour

by ITALY | Sun, 03/08/2009 - 04:02

Oscar-winning actor and director Roberto Benigni is set to take Dante around the world with a new tour beginning in Paris on Friday.The Tuscan comic wowed…

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Dante's Inferno in the Caves of Pertosa

by Michelle Fabio | Thu, 12/11/2008 - 10:10

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to tour Dante Alighieri's circles of hell? Well if you have a free weekend and you're in Italy, you can find out…

Dante- mad thief nabbed

by ITALY | Sat, 10/11/2008 - 03:09

A Palermo serial thief was caught Friday with a copy of Dante's Divine Comedy under the seat of his motorbike.Fabrizio Tuminiello told police after an…

Dante nose downsized

by ITALY | Mon, 01/15/2007 - 05:32

Italy's greatest poet Dante didn't have a big nose after all, a neglected Florence fresco indicates - confirming a sensational new reconstruction made earlier…

Dante's tomb to be restored

by ITALY | Mon, 03/27/2006 - 05:16

The tomb of Italy's greatest poet, Dante, is to be restored.The tomb in the northeastern city of Ravenna will be cleaned up in a seven-month project starting…