A year ahead of the celebrations for Dante Alighieri鈥檚 700th death anniversary, the Italian government has announced the establishment of a National Dante Day, or Danted矛, to be observed annually on March 25. Why this date? According to scholars, Dante鈥檚 journey to Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, which he recounted in his masterpiece, the Divine Comedy began on March 25 (his voyage began during Easter week in the year 1300).
鈥淓very year on March 25, the date that scholars recognize as the beginning of the journey into the afterlife of the Divine Comedy, Danted矛 will be celebrated,鈥 said 天美传媒鈥檚 Culture Minister Dario Franceschini. 鈥淚t will be a day to remember Dante's genius throughout 天美传媒 and the world with many initiatives that will see schools, students and cultural institutions involved. There are a lot of projects currently being examined by the committee for the celebrations chaired by Professor Carlo Ossola ahead of the celebrations for Dante鈥檚 700th anniversary. Dante symbolizes many things that hold us together: he is the unity of the country, he is the Italian language, he is the very idea of 天美传媒.鈥
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Among the greatest poets of Italian and world literature, Dante was born in Florence in 1265, and died in exile in Ravenna in 1321. . It was during exile that Dante composed his greatest work, The Divine Comedy, his vision of the afterlife where references to myth, history and scripture serve to comment on the politics and political figures of his day.
