Custom Made Bronze Statue of Dante Alighieri

History and Facts of Dante Alighieri

Durante degli Alighieri, commonly known by his short name Dante Alighieri or simply as Dante (c. 1265 – 1321), was a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered the most important poem of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language. Wikipedia