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The entrance of poet Dante Alighieri s tomb, in Ravenna, Italy, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Italy is honoring its great poet in myriad ways on the 700th anniversary of his death, with new musical scores and gala concerts, exhibits and dramatic readings against stunning backgrounds in every corner of the land. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
As she has each evening for the last eight months, Giuliana Turati opened her well-worn copy of Dante s Divine Comedy as the last of 13 peals of a church bell reverberated around the tomb of the great Italian poet.
Italy is honoring Dante Alighieri - who died in exile from Florence on Sept. 13, 1321 - in myriad ways on the 700th anniversary of his death. Those include new musical scores and gala concerts, exhibits and dramatic readings against stunning backgrounds in every corner of the country. Pope Francis has written an Apostolic letter, the latest by a pope examining Dante s relationship with the Roman Catholic Church.