Dante Alighieri statue next to Santa Croce church Florence Italy eye level view
Piazza Santa Croce is one of the main plazas or squares located in the central neighborhood of Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. It is located near piazza ... In front of the Basilica is a marble statue depicting Dante sculpted by Enrico Pazzi Durante degli Alighieri (Italian: [duˈrante deʎʎ aliˈɡjɛːri]), simply called Dante On May 14th 1865, fifth birth-centenary year of Dante Alighieri, a monument dedicated to the poet made by the sculptor Enrico Pazzi, born in Emilia, was placed in the middle of the square. In 1910 Giorgio de Chirico wrote: "in a clear autumn afternoon, I was sitting on a bench located in the middle of Santa Croce square, To allow Historical Football Game to be played, the monument was moved in the present position, in front of the façade a major Italian poet of the late Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Boccaccio, is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature. In the late Middle Ages, the overwhelming majority of poetry was written in Latin, and therefore accessible only to affluent and educated audiences. In De vulgari eloquentia/On Eloquence in the Vernacular, however, Dante defended use of the vernacular in literature. He himself would even write in the Tuscan dialect for works such as The New Life (1295) and the aforementioned Divine Comedy; this choice, although highly unorthodox, set a hugely important precedent that later Italian writers such as Petrarch and Boccaccio would follow. As a result, Dante played an instrumental role in establishing the national language of Italy. Dante's significance also extends past his home country; his depictions of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven have provided inspiration for a large body of Western art, and are cited as an influence on the works of John Milton, Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare,
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Location: Piazza Santa Croce, 16, 50122 Firenze,Florence Italy
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