Divine Comedy

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…
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, 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…
Culture
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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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 –…
Culture
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…