Dante

Travel
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 05/24/2022 - 03:00
“Dante’s Train,” a rail route tracing the journey of the Supreme Poet from Florence to Ravenna during his exile years, is returning for the summer season.…
Culture
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…
Food & Drink
by cynthialpchaplin | Wed, 08/04/2021 - 06:22
Seven hundred years ago this September, Italy’s most famous poet, Dante Alighieri, died in Ravenna, after years of exile from his beloved Florence. He wrote…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 07/01/2021 - 03:35
The ‘Uffizi Diffusi’ project is set to debut with five temporary exhibitions that will feature artworks from the Uffizi Galleries on display in various towns…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 06/23/2021 - 01:57
2021 marks 700 years since Italy’s greatest poet, Dante Alighieri, died. Among the initiatives devoted to celebrating and remembering the author of the Divine…
Culture
by AlexandraLawrence | Mon, 12/21/2020 - 09:21
Language lovers rejoice! Florence, already home to some of the most famous art collections in the world, will soon host the Museo della lingua italiana—a…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 11/17/2020 - 06:26
There is one Italian destination in Lonely Planet’s just released annual Best in Travel 2021 list: and that is ‘Le Vie di Dante’ (Roads of Dante) in the ‘…
Culture
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…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 01/28/2020 - 00:00
A year ahead of the celebrations for Dante Alighieri’s 700th death anniversary, the Italian government has announced the establishment of a National Dante Day…
Culture
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…